Michael, Of course you could always recode the reports using the ReportListener and then you can get multi pages on the form. Doug Hennigg showed this feature at the Prague Devcon. That way you can keep it ALL in VFP, and yes, that is the URL for the Fineprint people - good software.
Dave Crozier The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and to lie about your age -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: 12 October 2006 16:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VFP8 Report question Dave Crozier wrote: >Michael, >Either Custom page/paper size or what I find much better use Fineprint >and select 2 x logical pages per physical page. That way you can design >all your reports in standard A4 format and the printer will resize them >down. It is remarkable how good this looks even though the report comes out "half size" >in fact many of my users prefer this "booklet" format as opposed to the >A4 style and it also saves the trees! > >Also, first take alook at the printer driver as many drivers will allow >you to do this without using 3rd party software > >Using custom page sizes in VFP7 is a bit tricky but no problem on VFP9, >but as I said I prefer Fineprint as you can do things like >watermarking, collation etc etc. If you also want PDF output look at >PDF Factory by Fineprint in which you can do similar "rescaling". > > You mean these folks, eh? http://www.fineprint.com/ This is for FabMate, my vertical app, so I'm not sure I want to proceed with something that I'd have to have each client purchase and install. --Michael -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
