Printer File functionality no longer working...

rbuser

In version 10.06 I could call the following code and a .PRN file would
be generated that I could send via LPR straight to a printer withan LPD
server without having to install print drivers:

Report.DeviceType := 'Printer';
Report.ShowCancelDialog := False;
Report.ShowPrintDialog := False;
Report.AllowPrintToFile := True;
Report.PrinterSetup.FileName := 'C:\Test.prn';
Report.Print;


Now in the current release this functionality seems to be gone as the
same code prints to the default printer instead of creating the
C:\Test.prn file.

Was this functionality intentionally broken/deprecated? If so what is
the purpose of Report.PrintSetup.Filename?

How can I accomplish printing to a file that is a native printer (PCL)
file as I was able to do back in version 10.06?

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Regards,
Branden Johnson
Integrity Software Design

nardmoseley

The code works in my testing here, although in my test I wrote a .prn file
to the My Documents folder. For the latest versions of Windows your app
might not have security privileges to write to your specified location.

You can trace the code in RBuilder\Source for ppPrintr.pas, the method
TppCustomPrinter.BeginDoc. Put a stop in the following line. If this line
assigns the file name, then it should work.

if (FFileName <> '') then
lDocInfo.lpszOutput := PChar(FFileName);


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com