Preventing printersetup.printername from changing

rbuser

Hi,

When I load template from file, reportbuilder changes printe name to
default if it doesn't find printer which is saved to template.

for example in invoice.rtm there is customers specific printer in
printersetup and i'd like to keep it. But this code change my default
printer to invoice1.rtm. Is there any way to prevent changing?

ppreport1.Template.FileName := '\\mk\c\data\invoice.rtm';
ppreport1.Template.LoadFromFile;
ppreport1.Template.Format := ftAscii;
ppreport1.Template.FileName :='\\mk\c\data\invoice1.rtm';
ppreport1.Template.SaveToFile;

thanks
mika

nardmoseley

If the printer driver is not installed on your machine, then RB changes the
Report.PrinterSetup.PrinterName to 'Default' and uses your Windows default
printer. No way to prevent that behavior. However, you could install a
printer driver on your machine with the same as the customer. You don't need
have the printer, just install the driver and give it the same name.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thanks for reply.
Is there any tool to convert binary templates to ascii templates, so
one could easily look what is current printer name?

mika



On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:45:13 -0500, "Nard Moseley \(Digital

nardmoseley

At the bottom of this rbWiki article are downloadable examples of converting
templates from binary to text.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/DADE/Fundamentals/Convert_Template_BDE_to_ADO



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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com