Thanks That must be the problem. Instead of the combo I am using a disabled textbox now to show the current printer with a command button next to it where I am calling getprinter(). There was a similar thread in Foxite.
I will try it out at my clients place tomorrow. Ajoy Khaund Neamati Road Near Bhogdoi Bridge Jorhat 785 001 Assam, India Tel: 91-376-2351288 Cell: 91-94350-92287 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen." - Edward V. Berard, "Life-Cycle Approaches" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devendra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 4:58 PM Subject: RE: Winxp N/W USB Printer Greyed from APrinters() Vfp6 Sp5 > Dear Ajoy, > > For network printer, address starts like '\\abc\..'. > In combobox, '\' is used to disable item selection. > Find a wayout to populate combo without '\' and on selection use actual > printer path. This will enable all printer in the combo. > > Devendra Jariwala > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ajoy Khaund > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 2:13 PM > To: Profox > Subject: Winxp N/W USB Printer Greyed from APrinters() Vfp6 Sp5 > > Hi > > There are three WinXP and one Win98 m/c in a LAN and a Cannon Laser > Printer is connected to one of the WinXp m/c. From the winxp m/c where > the printer is connected and the win98 m/c the printer appears in a > combo which populates the list using APRINTER(This.alist). in the other > two xp m/c the printer appears disabled and cannot be selected in the > combo. > > However in reports where I use > > Report FORM myreport noconsole to printer > > the printer appears enabled and can be selected and printing is fine. > > Any idea where I must update some setting. > > Ajoy Khaund > Neamati Road > Near Bhogdoi Bridge > Jorhat 785 001 > Assam, India > > Tel: 91-376-2351288 > Cell: 91-94350-92287 > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy > if > both are frozen." > - Edward V. Berard, "Life-Cycle Approaches" > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
