Printer setup on second report

rbuser

RB version 10.08

I'm printing two reports one after the other with ShowPrintDialog true on
the first and false on the second. I need to transfer the printer selection
from the first dialog to the second report. I understand the printer name
is not saved in the first report's PrinterSetup properties and, according to
previous posts, I need to get the printer name from the first report's
PrintDialog properties.

Am I on-track and exactly how do you do that? Where is the printer name in
the PrintDialog?

Thanks
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Bill Skelton

Landmark Data Systems, Inc.
Two Old River Place, Suite L
Jackson, MS 39202-3435
601-362-0303

nicocizik

Hi Bill,

Try accessing the PrintDialog.Printer.PrinterSetup property. This is what
gets assigned to the report after the print dialog closes.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Sorry to be so thickheaded Nico.

ppReport.PrintDialog.Printer.PrinterSetup.PrinterName ??? (no PrinterSetup
property in Printer)
Am I missing a unit in my uses statement?

Bill

nicocizik

Hi Bill,

Sorry, the Printer property is a TObject type (most likely to avoid circular
references). Your code would look something like the following...

uses
ppPrintr;


lsPrinterName :=
TppPrinter(ppReport1.PrintDialog.Printer).PrinterSetup.PrinterName;

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Got it! I had to assign lsPrinterName in the OnPrintDialogClose, I assume
to catch it before the report was destroyed.

Many thanks Nico.