Re: Printing GPF

From: Edhy Rijo (erijo_at_msn.com.NO_SPAM)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:52:23 -0400

Jeff,

Check if that version uses a Foxuser.dbf and if it does, make a backup then
zap this table, also run the options to reindex/pack all the tables.

Check with the SBT site to see if there is a problem with this specific
version and Windows XP. 

-- 
Edhy Rijo
Programming System Solutions www.progytech.com
Bronx NY
ProMatrix MVP Life
"Jeff Mackeny" <me@me.com> wrote in message 
news:Od%23tAulpEHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I tried the LaserJet 4 driver I still get a GPF when I print.
>
> "Edhy Rijo" <erijo@msn.com.NO_SPAM> wrote in message 
> news:uYlt2wcpEHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> If available, use a the Windows printer driver instead of the HP, or look 
>> for compatible drivers for your printer like the one for LaserJet 4 which 
>> will work just fine with FoxPro.
>>
>> About SBT, it all depend on the VFP version used to build your version of 
>> SBT.  I know SBT does some very nice internal process to the report 
>> itself in order to make them work with all Windows drivers.
>>
>> -- 
>> Edhy Rijo
>> Programming System Solutions www.progytech.com
>> Bronx NY
>>
>>
>> "Jeff Mackeny" <me@me.com> wrote in message 
>> news:O9rvjhbpEHA.516@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Greetings to everybody,
>>>
>>> I just changed one machine on a network from Windows 98 to Windows XP, 
>>> they use the SBT accounting system, I know nothing about SBT or FoxPro, 
>>> I believe they have Vision point 2000 with FoxPro 2.6, basically the app 
>>> is running perfectly fine,  with the exception of printing, any print 
>>> job to LPT1 causes a GPF and closes out the program, that machine has a 
>>> HP LasterJet 4050 connected locally, I'm able to print to file and open 
>>> with notepad but not directly to LPT1, this is obviously a major pain 
>>> and for the time being forced to halt changing all other machine on the 
>>> network to XP, the worst part is that I don't even know where to start 
>>> looking, I would assume that LPT1 is LPT1 regardless of the OS, I have 
>>> never seen a problem with any 16bit app printing to LPT1 so why should 
>>> FoxPro be any different, the only possibility is the driver, does FoxPro 
>>> use the windows driver, or is sending directly to LPT1, if FoxPro tries 
>>> to interact with the driver I can why this would be happening and the 
>>> question becomes, which driver should be used, I tried changing it to HP 
>>> LasterJet 4 with no success, I'm personally convinced that the problem 
>>> is with the driver because I captured LPT1 to a network printer also a 
>>> 4050 with no success. So if FoxPro 2.6 is simply not able to communicate 
>>> with XP's driver then my guess would be to either finding a working 
>>> driver, or perhaps bypass XP's driver by forcing FoxPro to send the 
>>> print job directly to LPT1 rather then the driver if that's even 
>>> possible.
>>>
>>> Oh forgot to mention, when I preview it shows up fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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