Benefit of storing printer information in a report table (.FRX file) (136620)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q136620 SUMMARY
This article explains the benefit of storing printer information in
the Report table (.frx file).
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In FoxPro version 2.x, printer information is stored as binary format in
the Tag and Tag2 memo fields in the .frx file. There is no easy way for the
developer to change the orientation, paper size, and so on of the report
once the .frx file has been created.
In Visual FoxPro, this information is now stored as text in the Expr field
of the first record in the .frx file. Now, for example, if you need to
change the orientation of the report from portrait to landscape, you can
look for the "ORIENTATION=" setting in the first record of the Expr memo
field, and change the orientation from 0 to 1.
To see what the valid values are for a specified printer setting, use the
PRTINFO() function. For more information about the PRTINFO() function,
search for PTRINFO in the Help menu.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 2/11/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB136620 |
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