[Dxbase] Printer selection

[Joseph Glockner]

Wes and George,

Wes is correct .. the COMBIT variety of Lists and Labels has the
"right mouse-click" to change the printer .. But, regretfully, within
Seagate Crystal Reports (our Standard style of Reports -  *.rpt) there
is "nothing" to give us that option.

So, in the case of the Standard Reports - you would have to change
the default printer within the Control Panel .. no other option here.

73 Joe wa6axe


Wes N7WS wrote:
> I'm still using DXBase 2005, which does everything I need, so maybe I'm
> off-base here but...
> 
> User defined lists and labels have the select (change) printer option
> available via the right click method.  Built-in (standard) reports, even
> the "user-designed" one do not have the option.
> 
> Lists have a .lst file extension, reports have a .rpt extension.  Again
> I may be wrong, but I think that the only way to edit .rpt's to maybe
> fix this is by using Crystal reports.  Joe should jump in here.
> 
> Wes  N7WS
> 
> George Harlem W1EBI wrote:
> 
>> Tried that first, Gary, but it did not change the printer selection for
>> printing a report.  Selecting another printer as default printer in 
>> Control
>> Panel does it, but that is simply more work than necessary.  If the label
>> process can select a network printer, the report process should be 
>> able to
>> do the same.
>>
>> 73, George W1EBI
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gary AL9A [mailto:al9a at mtaonline.net] Sent: Thursday, January 
>> 24, 2008 5:37 PM
>> To: George Harlem W1EBI; 'DXBase Reflector'
>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Printer selection
>>
>> Have you tried File/Print Setup...  I beileve that is where you define 
>> your default printer for DXB.  To use a different printer go back and 
>> redefine a new default under File/Print Setup...
>>
>> 73,
>> Gary AL9A
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Harlem W1EBI" 
>> <w1ebi at lightband.com>
>> To: "'DXBase Reflector'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: January 24, 2008 7:44 AM
>> Subject: [Dxbase] Printer selection
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> This may have shown up on other "wish lists" (maybe even my own), but 
>>> for
>>> the next release of DXbase I would be quite pleased with a new feature
>>> allowing a report to print on another printer via a right-click of the
>>> printer icon.  I don't recall when or how I managed to set up the 
>>> default
>>> printer, but I can't seem to find any way to change to any different
>>> printer, forcing me to print only on that printer.
>>>
>>> George W1EBI
>>>
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