Background printing

rbuser

I have a large query that is produces approx 200 pages with graphics and was
tying up the client machine. I set the background printing on and I can
carry on with the program. However the client can still change the query
while the report is running. Can I hide, disable any controls untill the
printing is finished.

Steve W

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

When using background printing, ReportBuilder makes a copy of the form and
prints the report in a completely different thread so even though your users
can change the query, they are unable to alter the way it is printing. If
you would like to prevent them from doing anything with ReportBuilder at the
time of printing, you could simply free the form and return control back to
your main application. The printing thread will continue to print your
report until it is finished and then it will free itself. The the
ReportBuilder help on the TppProducer.BackgroundPrintSettings topic for more
information.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com