[AccessD] Don't save report printer settings

Hi Charles

I know that. But training users ... that's why I'm looking for a way
to simply inhibit the possibility of saving the report with changed
settings.

/gustav

> The printer settings are properties of the report.  If you allow the
> user to make changes to the printer settings, they are making changes to
> the report.  Thus, Access is going to ask if the user wants to save
> those changes to the report.  You need to train your user to know if he
> makes any changes he must then indicate whether those changes are to be
> saved for the next time or discarded as one time only changes.

> Charles Wortz
> Software Development Division
> Texas Education Agency
> 1701 N. Congress Ave
> Austin, TX 78701-1494
> 512-463-9493
> CWortz at tea.state.tx.us
> (SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk] 
> Sent: Friday 2003 Feb 07 04:08
> To: Andy Lacey
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Don't save report printer settings

> Hi Andy

> Yes, but that wouldn't help if the user simply closes the preview
> window. My thought was to set warnings off but neither that doesn't help
> as the default for the messagebox is Yes to save the changes.

> Other ideas?

> /gustav

>> Can you give the user a button on the toolbar to use for closing? If 
>> so you can issue a Close with acSaveNo as the second parameter.

>> Andy Lacey
>> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk


>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
>>> Sent: 06 February 2003 17:39
>>> To: Access Developer
>>> Subject: [AccessD] Don't save report printer settings
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all
>>> 
>>> If you preview a report and allow the user to adjust printer
>>> settings, how can you - when the user does so, prints, and 
>>> closes the report - remove, ignore or cancel the message box 
>>> asking if the report should be saved?
>>> 
>>> I want the report to remain unchanged.