Dbase III hanging - Page 2

kitaman · #16 (**permalink**) 10-25-11, 10:43

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(be patient... I'm an old man)

me too.

Here is an English explanation of error 67 Sharing errors

Jack

Guzygu · #17 (**permalink**) 11-03-11, 12:31

OK, the problem was partially solved. The printer is ON again.
A simple restore from two days before the attempting to install the printer solved the printer's death.

The other issues still alive...

Sorry, 67 sharing errors didn't help me

kitaman · #18 (**permalink**) 11-03-11, 14:05

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The other issues still alive...

Can you tell us which problems you still have?

Guzygu · #19 (**permalink**) 11-03-11, 14:15

Hi Kitaman,

Well, basically, these two:

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Originally Posted by Guzygu

Two issues in one question:
1) - I can’t print on my new laser printer (USB)
2) – After Win 98 to XP, the dot matrix stops printing in the middle of the page, usually when the text is short, and, after few seconds (from +/- 5 to 30+ seconds) it finish the print. The shorter the page to be printed the longer is the time ‘in loop’ doing nothing. If I repeat the same print, it stops in the same line and hangs the same amount of time. If it is another text with different length, say longer, it will stop in another point and ‘loop’ for a different amount of time, less time in this case. (I can assure there are no problems with .prg codes, no file corruption, nothing)

Thank you for your interest and availability.

Tony

kitaman · #20 (**permalink**) 11-03-11, 18:28

Look at post #13, set the attributes for the dot matrix printer so that spooling is turned off and programs print directly to the printer. This should solve the delay problem.

Assuming that you have some .prg that print to the dot matrix and others that you want to print to the laser, in order to print to the laser, first change the "set printer to ..." line to "set printer to file filename.txt", then when the program is complete, open the file in notepad, and choose a fixed pitch font (courier or LinePrinter), and then print the file. I know that this is a messy solution, but it does work. If you have Microsoft Word, you could try automating the printing process with a VBScript, but don't ask me how.

Guzygu · #21 (**permalink**) 11-05-11, 11:02

[QUOTE=kitaman;6524550]
... in order to print to the laser, first change the "set printer to ..." line to "set printer to file filename.txt", [/QUOTE

I get Syntax Error...

I know that the problem is me, but... what am I doing wrong?
I changed the line to SET PRINT TO FILE C:\FISH\TEST.TXT
Is that correct? (C:\FISH folder exists...)

I'm using dBase III Version 1.1

Take it easy, Kitaman... thanks

kitaman · #22 (**permalink**) 11-05-11, 18:35

I don't have Dbase III, but in Foxpro, the syntax is
[code;
set printer to "C:\fish\test.txt"
set print on
?"Page one"
set print off
set printer to
[/code]
I am not sure if there is a difference between

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