MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Mon Oct 6 23:50:19 CDT 2003
I think you can with Access 2003, you get a virtual printer called Microsoft Document Image Writer or you could install a PDF printer driver. There are a couple of free ones. Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: >Plus, ironically, you can't preview a report if there's no printer >installed. I hate when that happens. > >Go figure. > >Rocky > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" ><accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:50 PM >Subject: Re: [AccessD] When is a report actually printed (vs previewed only) > > > > >>On 7 Oct 2003 at 9:30, David Fenton wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hello again, I have searched archives and looked through recent >>>newsgroups for Access Reports and found only a few tips on determining >>>if a report is printed rather than just previewed. None of them seem >>>to hit the mark I'm after. >>> >>>Does anyone have any u-beaut ideas on how I can tell whether a report >>>has been previewed or printed? I do not want to prevent my users from >>>printing. In the OnClose event of the report I set a 'printed' flag. >>>But one of my users correctly pointed out that previewing it is not >>>the same as printing it. She can look at the report but change her >>>mind and NOT print it. In that case she doesn't want the 'printed' >>>flag to be set. I guess she's after a Cancel button on the print >>>preview. I am not aware of any cancel methods on the print preview >>>page. I know there is an OnPrint event, but it seems to apply to >>>sections of the report, not the entire report itself. >>> >>> >>> >>The on_print event fires when the report is displayed on screen as well. >>As far as Access is concerned printing to the screen or saving the report >>to a file is the same as printing to a printer. >> >> >> >>>I could have two buttons on the form - one preview and one print, then >>>putting the flag setting into OnClick on the print button instead of >>>the report itself, but it doesn't feel robust... Any ideas folks? Cheers >>>David Ô¿Ô¬ Brisbane Australia >>> >>> >>> >>The trouble with that option is that the user can still print from the >>preview in which case the flag won't be set. >> >>The other problem with any method of setting a flag programmatically is , >>what happens when the printer is not available/ has a paper jam/ runs out >>of paper etc. Although some printer drivers with two way communication >>can tell you some of these things, in many cases there is *no* way within >>Access to be sure that the report was in fact printed. >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >>Stuart McLachlan >>Lexacorp Ltd >>Application Development, IT Consultancy >>http://www.lexacorp.com.pg >> >>_______________________________________________ >>AccessD mailing list >>AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada