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Author Clipper Print problems
dd1630@yahoo.com

2007-10-04, 3:55 am

I've has a Clipper 5.2 program that I've been using since the late
80's. All of a sudden, the print routines have gone wacky. It puts
additional lines in the print stream or doesn't advance to the next
line. I've tried re-compiling the code and it won't compile. Help!

N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)

2007-10-04, 3:55 am

Dear dd1630:

<dd1630@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1191468272.339739.51420@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> I've has a Clipper 5.2 program that I've been using since
> the late 80's.


Be sure you have updated to 5.2e.

> All of a sudden, the print routines have gone wacky.


What changed? Operating system "upgade", restored from back ups,
new printer, or what?

> It puts additional lines in the print stream or doesn't
> advance to the next line.


Sounds like you might have a driver update from Micro$haft.

> I've tried re-compiling the code and it won't compile. Help!


Separate problem. What third party libs did you use?
xharbour.org compiles native Clipper code pretty easily, makes a
Windoze native 32-bit application, and has lots of printer
features.

David A. Smith


Klas Engwall

2007-10-04, 7:55 am

dd1630,

>I've has a Clipper 5.2 program that I've been using since the late
>80's. All of a sudden, the print routines have gone wacky. It puts
>additional lines in the print stream or doesn't advance to the next
>line.


In addition to David's questions, I suggest that you try printing to a
file, examine the file and then copy it to the printer to see if it is
the application or the environment that is at fault. But this of
course requires that your second problem is solved first:

> I've tried re-compiling the code and it won't compile. Help!


We need a lot more info to determine what is wrong here. Does it hang
(possibly hardware problems or messed up file system) or does it give
you fatal error messages?

Have you moved to a new computer since your last successful build or
have you moved things around so the compiler/linker environment has
changed? If you type PATH and SET LIB etc, do you get the expected
response? Please post as much detail as you can.

Regards,
Klas

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