BUG: "Feature Not Available" Printing to File with GX Printer

 Last reviewed: January 10, 1997
Article ID: Q155821
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

Issuing the following command causes a "Feature Not Available" message to appear if QuickDraw GX is installed: 

   REPORT FORM reportname TO FILE

WORKAROUND

Use the ASCII clause on the above command or issue the following command: 

   REPORT FORM reportname TO PRINTER PROMPT
In the Print dialog box that appears, select PostScript under destination. This creates a file with embedded PostScript codes.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

QuickDraw GX is supplied with System 7.5.x. Install it by simply clicking the Install QuickDraw GX icon in the Install System Software folder on the Apple Macintosh CD-ROM. The Installation dialog box presents three choices: "Easy Install," "Custom Install," and "Custom Remove." You can install or remove QuickDraw via this dialog box.

After QuickDraw is installed, you can see a printer icon on the desktop for the printer you were currently connected to under the old printing system. You can go to the Chooser and set up other printer icons. Notice in Chooser that the printers now have "GX" after their names. For each printer you set up, an icon appears on the desktop.

QuickDraw GX may already be available on your system. If so, it is in the Apple Extras folder.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Install QuickDraw GX.

  2. Issue the following command in the Command window:

    SET DEFAULT TO SYS(2004)+"Samples:Data"

  3. Create a report called "new" using the Customer table.

  4. Issue the following command:

    REPORT FORM new TO FILE new.out

KBCategory: kbprint kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: FxprintGeneral
Additional reference words: 3.00b kbdsd vfoxmac



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Last reviewed: January 10, 1997
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