[AccessD] Unable to Open or Design Reports

Gustav and Liz:

Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought of that since everything worked
correctly as of last week. I'll pass it on to my client and hope that does
it.

James Barash

 

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:35 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Unable to Open or Design Reports

Hi James

This sounds as if no default printer or no printer at all is
installed.

/gustav


> I was visiting a client today who was having a problem with our system.
None
> of the reports would print or preview. From the database window, I was
> unable to Preview or Design any of the existing reports and was unable to
> create a new report, either using the Design View or the Report Wizard. I
> created a blank database and also could not create any reports. Trying to
> open or design did not produce any error message, but did not open a
report
> either. Using the Report Wizard, I got through all the prompts and after
> clicking the Finished button, I got the message "Unable to Create Report"
I
> could create all the other types of objects: Tables, Queries, Forms,
Macros
> and Modules. The system was working as of last week and he assured me
there
> had been no changes to the computer since. Our system does work on other
> computer in the same office.
>         The system is a single file running on the local drive. The user
> does have admin rights (create, read, write, update, delete) on the local
> drive. The computer is running Windows XP (SP1) and Office 2003 (SP1). I
> suggested that reloading Office would be the best thing to do but that has
> to be done through their IT department and could take a while. Has anyone
> seen this before and have a solution or any suggestions.

> Thanks,

> James Barash

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