Hi Buddy, Are you saying that not only do I need the report's printer definition set to the new "file" printer (it is) but also I need to specify it in the print command as well (I didn't)?
I'll give that a try as well anyhow, thanks for the help. Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walker, Buddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:54 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Page Breaks - Printing > Alstair > Before printing the report make sure you have the text printer selected. > R:> print reportname where .... OPTION Printer > > Found some other problems with that file also. It appears the text printer is putting some hidden control codes in the text file. When trying to read this file back into Sharepoint we are having problems with it. We are creating an XML file which is loaded into another program used by Sharepoint. I know I can create an XML file with the Gateway but Gateway don't permit changing the names of the tags. > > In the end created a command file that has alot of write commands out to a file. > > Buddy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Alastair Burr > Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 6:31 AM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Cc: > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Page Breaks - Printing > > > > Thanks, Buddy, I've created a new Windows printer as you detailed and > changed the default printer on a report to the new one but it makes no > difference for me > > This report, and many others, only ever get printed to a file, that is their > sole purpose in life. They never go to a screen or a printer or a fax or any > type of file other than plain text. There's no formatting - just line after > line of text. > > There must be something else that I haven't got right yet. > > Regards, > Alastair. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walker, Buddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:00 PM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Page Breaks - Printing > > > > Alstair > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > The problem was if you printed to the screen or directly to the printer > everything was fine, but as soon as you print to a text file extra line > feeds/carriage returns are added at random spots in the file. > > > > Work around. > > > > 1. Add a generic text only printer > > 2. Text Printer Properties > Device Settings > Form to tray Assignment > > Cont. Feed No Break > > From the drop down select Not Available > > 3. This will work except it will prompt for a name. To get around this > do the following > > Add a new printer that prints to the special "File:" port > > From the printers' panel, right click on the printer you have just > added and select Properties. > > A panel showing the properties for this printer will pop up, click > on the Details tab of this panel. > > Click on the Add Port... button. > > The Add Port panel will pop up, click on the Other radio button, > and make sure Local Port is highlighted, click on OK. > > A small panel asking for the name of the port will pop up, enter > the name of a file in the edit box, for example C:\Output.prn. > > > > Maybe this will help others > > > > Buddy > >
