Hi Mark,
Further to Nello's comment, I see the following posting :
Win2000 has an extremely long temp directory path and since QR uses the
temp directory and has a very small string assigned to hold it, it blows
up.
Try changing the temp directory to Windows\temp or something short.
HTH,
Craig.
Mark Howard wrote:
> NelloCan't find an update newer than the one I have (3.0.7) for
> QRStandard and D5.There IS one for D6 but that is no good for
> me.Curious thing is that I am running Win2000 Pro as my development
> machine, without this problem. Question: If different workstations
> had different versions of the BDE installed could this cause the
> reported problem? Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nello Sestini
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Metafile not valid
> around last May I remember reading about 2 QR problemsin
> Windows 2000. One had something to do with TEMP filesand
> this was the other one. ISTR QuSoft fixed both in a 2K
> update available on theirwebsite. Probably worth a
> look. (www.qusoft.com ?) -ns
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Howard
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 6:23 AM
> Subject: [DUG]: Metafile not valid
> Hi Have a site running a a Windows LAN and my app
> based on Paradox. They have recently upgraded one
> of their workstations to Win2000 Pro (and I
> suspect added some other software) Now my app is
> generating an error message whenever this user
> previews a report and tries to view the second
> page.The reports are QuickReports and the message
> is "Metafile not valid". Has anyone come across
> this before or provide any insights as to where I
> might start looking? TIA Mark
>
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