Microsoft KB Archive/909283

= FIX: You receive an error message when you try to print a report, or the contents of the Editing window do not print, in Visual FoxPro or in a Visual FoxPro application =

Article ID: 909283

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Professional Edition

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You are using Microsoft Visual FoxPro or a Microsoft Visual FoxPro application. The application is running on a computer that is running Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server. Additionally, you have configured MetaFrame Presentation Server to use the Universal Printer Driver feature.

When you try to print a report in Visual FoxPro or in the Visual FoxPro application, you receive the following error message:

Error 1958: Error loading printer driver

When you try to print the contents of the Editing window in Visual FoxPro, you receive the following error message:

Error 125: Printer is not ready

When you try to print the contents of the Editing window in the Visual FoxPro application, you do not receive an error message. However, the contents of the Editing window do not print.



Visual FoxPro 9.0
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro 9.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906478 How to obtain the latest Visual FoxPro 9.0 service pack

Visual FoxPro 8.0
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Visual FoxPro service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version     Size       File name --  07-Oct-2005  01:50  8.0.0.3402  5,345,280  Vfp8.exe 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,466,368  Vfp8chs.dll 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,466,368  Vfp8cht.dll 07-Oct-2005 01:26  8.0.0.3402  1,466,368  Vfp8enu.dll 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,466,368  Vfp8kor.dll 07-Oct-2005 01:51  8.0.0.3402  4,300,800  Vfp8r.dll 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8rchs.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                259,584  Vfp8rchs.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8rcht.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                262,144  Vfp8rcht.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8rcsy.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                269,312  Vfp8rcsy.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8rdeu.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                270,336  Vfp8rdeu.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:30  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8renu.dll 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8resn.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                268,288  Vfp8resn.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8rfra.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                267,776  Vfp8rfra.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8rkor.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                261,632  Vfp8rkor.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:53  8.0.0.3402  1,150,976  Vfp8rrus.dll 07-Oct-2005 03:26                271,872  Vfp8rrus.msm 07-Oct-2005 03:25              4,206,592  Vfp8runtime.msm 07-Oct-2005 01:51  8.0.0.3402  3,776,512  Vfp8t.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1.



MORE INFORMATION
Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 and later versions of MetaFrame Presentation Server include a feature that is named Universal Printer Driver. You can use this feature to handle printing on those versions of MetaFrame Presentation Server.

Note Starting with version 4.0, this product is named Citrix Presentation Server.

Steps to reproduce the problem in Visual FoxPro
 Start Visual FoxPro. In the Command window, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

modify file printtest.txt

The Editing window appears. The Editing window contains the Printtest.txt file. However, this file is empty. In the Editing window, type Test . On the File menu, click Print. The Print dialog box appears. In the Print dialog box, click Print. You receive the following error message:

Error 125: Printer is not ready

</li>  Create a program (.prg) file that contains the following code, and then run the program file. create table testtab1 (f1 i, f2 C(15)) for lni = 1 to 3 insert into testtab1 (f1, f2) values (lni, sys(2015)) endfor create report printtest from testtab1.dbf report form printtest to printer prompt </li> In the Print dialog box, click Print. You receive the following error message:

Error 1958: Error loading printer driver

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Steps to reproduce the problem in a Visual FoxPro application
<ol> Start Visual FoxPro.</li>  Create a program (.prg) file that contains the following code, and then run the program file. local lcText text to lcText noshow textmerge local lni modify file printtest.txt create table testtab1 (f1 i, f2 C(15)) for lni = 1 to 3 insert into testtab1 (f1, f2) values (lni, sys(2015)) endfor create report printtest from testtab1.dbf report form printtest to printer prompt endtext =StrToFile(lcText, &quot;testxx.prg&quot; ) build project testxx from testxx.prg build exe testxx from testxx run /n testxx.exe return The Visual FoxPro application starts. When the application starts, the Editing window appears. </li> In the Editing window, type Test .</li> On the File menu, click Print to print the contents of the Editing window.</li> In the Print dialog box, click Print. You do not receive an error message. However, the print job does not print. Close the Editing window.</li> In the Print dialog box, click Print to print the report. You receive the following error message:
 * Open the editor.
 * Create a table.
 * Create a report.
 * Print the report.
 * Create a .prg file.
 * Build a project by using the .prg file.
 * Build and then run an executable file.

Error 1958: Error loading printer driver

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For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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