I have a form to allow users to view or print a report. To view the report, I have the following code that runs on a button click event:

The PC that runs the report is connected to a label printer. If the default printer is set to the label printer the report is not viewable. I understand that the display is a preview of the printed report as it would look on a label.

Is there a command to view (not print) the report other than acViewPreview?

It's not that big of a deal. The user can always change the default. I would just like to know if there is another way.

Thanks

Hiya,

   I would do this:

On the button event that opens the report, add this code to change the default printer to a known good printer:

Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter("\\server\printer")

Then on the on close event of the report, put similar code to change back the label printer as the default.

Does that help?

I can also give you code to run this IF the default printer is currently the label printer, otherwise don't run. This will require a Public Boolean to store whether the printer was changed on open so that it may or may not be changed back on close.

Lemme know.


mmcdonal

mmcdonal,

Yes, that helps. What I'll do is have the code set the default printer on the open event. I'll have the user manually change the default back to the label printer as needed. The user will often be viewing more than one report at a time, so I don't want to automatically change to the label printer on the close event.

Thanks for your help.

Actually, you can poll the printer objects to find the default printer, then only change it if it is the label printer. Then change it back automatically when the app closes.

mmcdonal