18 replies to this topic

[Rommel Cesista]

It works with GUI client 4.6 build 208.

[Rommel Cesista]

you have a pro4.ini on your server and a proiv.ini on the client machine that you use.

try editing the proiv.ini on your client machine.

[Andy Jones]

Mark,

You need to edit the proiv.ini file on the client machine. You'll find this in the main Windows/WinNT folder.

Be sure that you have closed all PROIV clients you have running before altering this file. The client won't pick up the new setting until you reload it.

You will almost certainly have the [Settings] line in the file already, find it and just add the two other lines somewhere below it - but before the start of any other [ ... ] line.

The settings are:

ReportEditor=Notepad.exe
ReportFileType=TXT

You don't need the path for most windows apps - although probably it won't hurt. If you are likely to print very large reports, consider using Wordpad.exe instead as notepad has a 64K file size limit.

HTH

Andy

[Rob Donovan]

Hi,

FYI: The 64K limit is now removed in WinXP... Not sure if it was XP or 2000 that they did it in.

But I would think that Wordpad will handle bigger files better, but I'm not sure.

Rob D.

[Gary Wilhelm]

Notepad didn't have a size limit in NT. Notepad handles ASCII better since it does no altering of format so the only thing you can get in a report is a straight ASCII dump.

[George Macken]

Hi

I've attempted to get Wordpad working as the default for print to screen

PC - Windows 95
PRO-IV - Ver 4.0 - Rev 5.1.4
GUI Client Ver 4.1

Proiv.ini
[Settings]
MsgBoxCaption=0
TypeAhead=1
IconicMenus=1
FontHeight=22
WorkGroup=0
ReportFileType=DOC
ReportEditor=C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe

NO change occurred - worpad not executing

Then applied same change to proiv.ini on a Version 5 application and wordpad did execute

therefore, I'm assuming this feature does not work on Ver 4.0 running on Windows/NT

If someone has got this feature running on the configuration I mention at top then please let me know ...

migration to ver5.0 is planned for later this yr but could do with this print feature now

thanks

George

[Larry Siemer]

Try changing:

ReportFileType=DOC

to

ReportFileType=RTF

[George Macken]

Hi

thanks for the advice/help above

I've tried above suggestions - wordpad, notepad, DOC, TXT, RTF etc., - path with/without slashes - still the CRT box is executing - not the desired choice

Anybody out there got this feature working on Version 4.0 ???

As mentioned earlier I have it working on another environment under 5.0

Tnks

George

[Cleve Haynes]

Hi

I'm pretty sure this feature was added in 4.6 (client 138), so you are wasting your time trying to get it to work with the client from 4.0....

Cleve

[George Macken]

tnks

has'nt been a complete waste of time as I at least know how to do for version 5.0/4.6

tnks again to all and especially Rob for providing this forum/resource

George