Article ID: 102203
Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.0
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for SCO/UNIX
This article was previously published under Q102203
SYMPTOMS
When you are printing in FoxPro, the print job is not immediately released to the printer if a print spooler (such as Windows Print Manager) is being used.
NOTE: Print spoolers are often used in network environments.
CAUSE
FoxPro still has a current connection to the spooler. Until this connection is terminated, the spooler will not release the print job.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, do one of the following:
- Issue the SET PRINTER TO command without any other parameters; for example:
REPORT FORM test TO PRINTER SET PRINTER TO-or-
- Quit FoxPro. This will terminate FoxPro's connection to the spooler and the print job will be sent to the printer.
-or-
- If you are using FoxPro for Windows, under Windows 3.x, turn off Print Manager in the Windows Control Panel by double-clicking the Printers icon and then clearing the Use Print Manager check box.
-or-
- Issue a RUN command; for example:
NOTE: Using the RUN command will bring up an MS-DOS session.
RUN DIR > NUL
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
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