Microsoft KB Archive/193940

= FIX: Wingdings/Webdings/FoxPrint Not Printing from Windows 98 =

Article ID: 193940

Article Last Modified on 3/7/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q193940



SYMPTOMS
When you use a non-Postscript printer driver in Windows 98, the Wingdings, Webdings, and FoxPrint fonts do not print correctly. However, you may see the fonts print correctly using the HP Laserjet 4000 driver. Other Postscript printer drivers may also print the fonts correctly.



RESOLUTION
These fonts will print if the printer driver option to Print True Types as Graphic is chosen in the printer's options.

NOTE: Printing True Types as Graphic may cause other printing issues, so make sure that you test this before implementing it.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed



MORE INFORMATION
The following code creates an array that holds all of the installed fonts. The name of the font and an example of how the font looks prints on the printer and displays on the Visual FoxPro desktop. This program runs under any version of FoxPro.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Run the following code: CLEAR AFONT(aFonts) SET PRINTER ON     SET DEVICE TO PRINTER

FOR i = 1 TO ALEN(aFonts) ?aFonts(i) ??chr(9) + aFonts(i) FONT aFonts(i) ENDFOR

SET PRINTER TO     SET PRINTER OFF SET DEVICE TO SCREEN NOTE: The Wingdings font example generally prints in the Times New Roman font instead of in the Wingdings font. Both the Wingdings and Webdings font display correctly on the screen.

Additional query words: kbVFp600 kbPrinting kbVFp300b kbVFp500 kbVFp500a KBDSE

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvs600sp3fix KB193940

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