I second Alastairs request about having the ability to drop the print information screen. Maybe this could be an option parameter after the print command. I also have some cool "pause 3" messages that get obliterated by this. I'll have to put in an enhancement request.
Bob C.
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I suspect this subject is probably a group
of questions for Razzak about the flash screen that appears when the print
command is run:
I am puzzled by the behaviour of this screen
that gives information about the report that is being printed. This is
the one that displays:
Printing page nnnn for report
[Report name] on the
[Printer or file name]
{Cancel button}
I like this screen's data - it's a big
improvement, but:
Firstly, this seems to appear only sometimes
but I am not sure what conditions cause it either to appear or not to appear.
Secondly, sometimes is seems to change
the first line to:
Printing page nnnn of nnnn for report
Again, I'm not sure what causes this.
Please could you explain what controls
this screen so I can standardise whatever is it that is causing the differences?
I can't see anything different in my reports - I thought it might be the
setting for the number of passes but it doesn't seem to be that.
Also, is it possible to suppress the screen
altogether? I have a very nice formatted pause message in my standard colours
& fonts that gets obliterated by this screen.
Alternatively, is it possible to format
the screen in the same way as the pause messages and then drop my pause
messages? Or insert the page number(s) into the pause text?
Thirdly, and a much more minor point, when
printing to a file (as opposed to a printer) the message looks a little
funny:
Printing page 1 for report
Report_name on the
Report_ file_name.EXT
Maybe something like this would be nicer:
Printing page 1 for report
Report_name to [Text/HTML/etc] file:
Report_ file_name.EXT
And, a final request, would it be possible
for you to do a "From the edge" - when you have time - on the
best settings for printing to files? I'm thinking of things like what to
set the printer to, the paper size, page settings - all the things that
are not directly relevant to a file but, presumably, play some part in
how well the report works.
I have those reports that I print to files
now working and they seem to give me the same results that I used to get
from v6.5++ although much more slowly - due, I assume, to the sort of settings
that I would like to know more about.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Alastair.
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