Thanks Dan - I'll see which ones they have installed and which ones they don't. I think that'll work for some of the printers - but not all of them are truly networked printers. Some are installed locally, which is why they're being redirected when their remote session starts.
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 1:03 PM Dan Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: > You need to setup the printers on the server that hosts the remote > sessions. > > > > Dan Goldberg > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Dawn Hast > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 7, 2017 9:59 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [RBASE-L] - Printers not being detected > > > > This is not an R:Base issue - but a question on what R:Base is doing in > relation to printers. I know it always detects the printers on start up > and uses the windows default printer as its default unless changed. But > when is "on startup"? > > > > Scenario - > > R:Compiled application running on a application server. > > Users have remote sessions on the server running the shortcut. (So in > reality, the 'local' machine is not in the equation as far as R:Base is > concerned I think.) > > All local printers are 'redirected' to the server. > > > > Issue - no printers detected. > > > > At what point does R:Base (using R:Compiled app) detect the available > printers? The hardware / network guys are thinking that the R:Base > application is launching too fast, and the redirected printers are not done > populating. When the main menu opens, there are no printers defined, and > no default printer. I added a button to the main menu that launches > 'prnsetup', but sometimes when they click it, there are no printers listed > at all. > > > > I was thinking about adding some wait time in the start up file, but I > didn't know if that's even too late not knowing when the printers are > actually detected. Or maybe using cval to find if any printers are > detected before the main menu launches. Would CVAL('PRINTERS') return null > if no printers were detected at all? If it's null, I could alert the users > and force an exit / restart. > > > > > > -- > For group guidelines, visit > http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > For group guidelines, visit > http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
