What is PrinterSetUp.DevMode

rbuser

Hi

ReportBuilder 14.07 Ent, Advantage Database, Delphi XE2

I have an end user report application where reports are loaded from file.
They preview and print to file correctly but will not print to a printer
coming up with the following message "Windows cannot print due to a problem
with the current printer setup." I could not see anything wrong with any
printer settings so compared the .rtm file with another application where i
do not have any problem. It was immediately obvious that the problem
reports all had a PrinterSetup.DevMode setting (see below) whereas my good
ones do not. If i remove that section then the report prints no problem.
However if i go back in and change the report the section gets reinstated
and i am back to the printing problem.

I can guess from the name that PrinterSetUp.DevMode is something to do with
development (?) but why does it appear and more importantly how can i avoid
it?

Thanks

Tim Murfitt


object repPlayer: TppReport
PassSetting = psTwoPass
PrinterSetup.BinName = 'Default'
PrinterSetup.DocumentName = 'Report'
PrinterSetup.Orientation = poLandscape
PrinterSetup.PaperName = 'A4'
PrinterSetup.PrinterName = 'Default'
PrinterSetup.SaveDeviceSettings = True
PrinterSetup.mmMarginBottom = 10000
PrinterSetup.mmMarginLeft = 10000
PrinterSetup.mmMarginRight = 10000
PrinterSetup.mmMarginTop = 10000
PrinterSetup.mmPaperHeight = 210000
PrinterSetup.mmPaperWidth = 297000
PrinterSetup.PaperSize = 9
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rbuser

After further experimenting i have discovered that if i edit the .rtm to
include PrinterSetup.DevMode = {00000000} then i can print ok and the
setting does not get overwritten when the report is modified. I have
therefore half resolved my problem (i can print) but i am still left with
the problem of having to edit the .rtm file.

Any one with ideas how i can completely resolve the problem?

Thanks

Tim Murfitt

nardmoseley

In the Report properties below, I notice

PrinterSetup.SaveDeviceSettings = True

Use the object inspector to set SaveDeviceSettings to False. Save the
report and again do a View | As Text and the DevMode should no longer
appear. If you modify the PrinterSetup.DeviceSettings then
SaveDeviceSettings will flip to True. The DeviceSettings property should
only be used to set printer model specific features, like stapler, etc.

The Windows API 'DevMode' structure is used by Windows and the Printer
Driver to define the printer setup. The name DevMode is short for
DeviceMode.



-
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Nard

Thanks. Problem resolved.

Tim