Dear reader,

I noticed a rare problem that asking for printernames I find in the list 
\\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450. But for selecting the printer in creating 
XbpPrinter I must use Dymo LabelWriter 450 of pcdonor2. So far I can tackle 
the differences in names. However when I use the XbpPrinter in 
XbpPrinterDialog:display method it takes the default printer. So it seems 
that the dialog want to use \\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450 name again. That 
name is of course not the name in the XbpPrinter.

Is this an error of xBase of is there a Windows settings that has to be 
changed.

How can I let it worked well. This problems is worse in terminalsessie where 
printer always has other names.

Dirk Visser
Director VigilantDMS

So what are the name in the OS Windows printer window

You may have hit some max character limit

Jim



On 12/11/2012 04:29 PM, Dirk Visser RI wrote:
> Dear reader,
>
> I noticed a rare problem that asking for printernames I find in the list
> \\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450. But for selecting the printer in creating
> XbpPrinter I must use Dymo LabelWriter 450 of pcdonor2. So far I can tackle
> the differences in names. However when I use the XbpPrinter in
> XbpPrinterDialog:display method it takes the default printer. So it seems
> that the dialog want to use \\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450 name again. That
> name is of course not the name in the XbpPrinter.
>
> Is this an error of xBase of is there a Windows settings that has to be
> changed.
>
> How can I let it worked well. This problems is worse in terminalsessie where
> printer always has other names.
>
> Dirk Visser
> Director VigilantDMS
>
>

hi,

try XbpPrinter():List() and "search" for your Printer

greetings  by OHR
Jimmy

James and Auge,

I feel that you don't understand the problem. Printerlist gives the namen 
\\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450 but defining an printerobject I had to use 
Dymo LabelWriter 450 of pcdonor2.

But when make a printerdialog you have to use the printerobject. Although 
the printerobject is right the dialog doesn't understand it and falls back 
on the default printer.

Dirk Visser
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> Dear reader,
>
> I noticed a rare problem that asking for printernames I find in the list 
> \\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450. But for selecting the printer in creating 
> XbpPrinter I must use Dymo LabelWriter 450 of pcdonor2. So far I can 
> tackle the differences in names. However when I use the XbpPrinter in 
> XbpPrinterDialog:display method it takes the default printer. So it seems 
> that the dialog want to use \\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450 name again. 
> That name is of course not the name in the XbpPrinter.
>
> Is this an error of xBase of is there a Windows settings that has to be 
> changed.
>
> How can I let it worked well. This problems is worse in terminalsessie 
> where printer always has other names.
>
> Dirk Visser
> Director VigilantDMS
>

hi,

> I feel that you don't understand the problem. Printerlist gives the namen 
> \\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450 but defining an printerobject I had to use 
> Dymo LabelWriter 450 of pcdonor2.

why you do not use IP of "\\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450" ?

it might be a difference using IP Port or NetWork Share
so please sow us you PrinterPS how you :create(cPrinterName)

greetings by OHR
Jimmy

>> I feel that you don't understand the problem. Printerlist gives the namen
>> \\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450 but defining an printerobject I had to use
>> Dymo LabelWriter 450 of pcdonor2.

Hi,

"Dymo LabelWriter 450" is the name of your Printerobjekt ON 
"\\pcdonor2". In the Windows Explorer view it looks like "Dymo 
LabelWriter 450 of pcdonor2" as my network printer do too.
But the NAME for CREATE is the UNC name of the SHARE:
"\\pcdonor2\Dymo LabelWriter 450"

I use the same syntax on my "\\server\Printer xyz" object with now 
problem. Maybe the installed driver is not correct, maybe you shoul 
avoid blanks inside the shared name ...

Regards,
Hubert

Hello Dirk,

Probably you run the Xbase++ application on another computer then "pcdonor2"
1. Install the Dymo printer driver on the PC you are running the Xbase++ application.
Make sure to install this on a LOCAL port (eg Com1)
2. Got to printer properties. 
3. Go to "Ports"  (Poorten)
4. Add  the new port, an enter the share-name of the printer like "\\pcdonor2\Dymo" 
5. Select the new port for that printer.
I think this sdould do the trick.


Regards
Jack Duijf

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