[AccessD] A97. Report withprinterandpaperselectionpickswrongpaper when deployed on identica

Hi Steve

Are the media/paper numbers real or hidden?
If I look up the data for PrintMediaReady it contains not a number but
a string with the actual name of the media, like Letter or A4.

/gustav

>>> Developer at UltraDNT.com 08-02-2005 18:13:13 >>>
Right.  Lets say invoice paper internally is 123 on your pc, but 149
on
the user's.  When you set yours, the application can't find the match
at
the user, so the user's pc sets it to 1 (letter).  You can write the
correct value to registry, or, I imagine get the right number out of
the
registry and just use that in the PRTDEVMODE API - but I havent used
that API in years, I don't remember all the intricacies of it (Its
much
easier in Access XP+, with the Printer object).
It could eventually fail though, because the value only lasts until
the
user deletes the printer, or deletes the custom paper.  If they do
that,
you have to dig around for it again.

Steve


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Subject: RE: [AccessD] A97. Report with
printerandpaperselectionpickswrongpaper when deployed on identica


Hi Steve

That sounds close. 
So what you are saying is, that PrintMediaReady at the client
initially
contains another media (paper format) than the one we wish to use? And
-
if once corrected, manually or by writing the registry - it will not
fail later?

/gustav


>>> Developer at UltraDNT.com 08-02-2005 17:15:38 >>>
The issue is in the way 2000/XP handles Custom paper.

In Me/98, you only had one custom paper size per machine, represented
by
the constant 255.  In 2000/XP, there is support for multiple custom
paper sizes, therefore, it is some random number that Windows gives
the
custom paper sizes, that can differ from PC to PC, even with
apparently
identical setups. On your PC you are assigning a paper-size number
that
the client doesn't have, as the default paper, when you set your paper
to Invoice.  The client PC defaults to letter because it can't find
the
same paper size number as on your PC.

You have to dig in Registry, under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers\<<printer name>>\DsDriver
The PrintMediaSupported key has multiple values.  Find Invoice, then
use
that as the value for PrintMediaReady.

Or - do what I did - give the user a "Setup" screen.

Steve