Changing the printer...

rbuser

Hi,

I try to change the printer of a report in RAP.
In the OnStartPage event I set:

Report.PrinterSetup.PrinterName:='New Printer';
Report.PrinterSetup.PaperName:='A4';
Report.PrinterSetup.Orientation:=poLandscape; {poPortrait }
Report.PrinterSetup.BinName:='Fach 1';

But when I print the report, it always use the printer that was set in the
pagesettings.

Best Martin

nardmoseley

1. PrinterName

Once the report starts printing, aWindows print job is created for the
specified printer. You cannot modify the printer name once the print job has
begun.

The Report.BeforePrint event can be used to modify the printer name, but due
to timing you have to access the report engine's Page.PrinterSetup rather
than the Report.PrinterSetup. To set the PrinterName you should use one of
the entries in the PrinterNames[] array.

For example:

myReport.Engine.Page.PrinterSetup.PrinterName :=
Report.PrinterSetup.PrinterNames[0];

First get this working in Delphi code. Then create a custom RAP pass-through
function that you can call from RAP.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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