I know its not really what you are looking for but, you could ask the user
to select the printer he/she is connected to and use that var to print
reports. As long as you don't clear the var the user would only have to
select it 1 time. Its the best I can come up with right now. I hope there
is a better way.
RBASE.DAT
RUN Printers.RMD
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Printers.RMD
CLS
SET VAR vWindowsPrinter = (CVAL('WindowsPrinter'))
SET VAR vPrinters = (CVAL('Printers'))
CHOOSE vPickedPrinter FROM #LIST .vPrinters AT 10 26 +
TITLE 'Select Printer' CAPTION 'Available Printers' FORMATTED
IF vPickedPrinter IS NULL OR vPickedPrinter = '[Esc]' THEN
GOTO Done
ENDIF
PRNSETUP .vPickedPrinter
LABEL Done
RETURN
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YourCommandFile.EEP
OUTP PRINTER
PRINT YourReportName
OUTP SCREEN
CLEAR ALL VAR EXCEPT .vPickedPrinter
On 1 Dec 2003 at 16:55, David M. Blocker wrote:
> Hi R:Base friends
>
> Is there a way in R:Base 6.5++ to detect if a user's default printer is
> actually connected? I am working on an application where users will
have
> portable PC's and portable printers to take around on their work rounds.
> They will periodically connect their portables to the network to move
data
> back and forth and will need to print reports. We'd like to set it up
so
> that if the user connects his/her portable printer, it will print there,
but
> if not, to a different network printer.
>
> Step one is to detect - is the default local printer connected?
>
> David Blocker
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 781-784-1919
> Fax: 781-784-1860
> Cell: 339-206-0261
>
>
Victor Timmons
Tiz's Door Sales, Inc
425-258-2391
