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    PRINT REPORT & COMPACT DATABASE SILENTLY

    Hi Everyone,
    (1) I have more than one reports that I print at the same time. When I press the my print button that contains Report.print("reportname") for each report I will get the printer dialog that futher allows you to set number of pages or change the default printer. The problem that I have is that this dialog shows again & again for each report that is contained in the button with report.print() command. What I want to do is override the display of these printer dialog by printing silently without seeing/showing the printer dialog. Is this possible.
    (2) When I compact my database with the control panel open or has focus everything goes well. Since I don't want users to gain access to the control panel I included a button with these commands a5_databasecompact(.f.,"Compacting Application","Please Wait The System Is Compacting Application","Operation Completed") or a5_databasecompact() or a5.compact() to enable them perform the compact operation. When either of this command is run without the control panel having focus I keep getting few error messages that one or more tables cannot be updated and if I want to drop it from the database. A user can mistakingly drop a table when this message is displayed during compact operation. I have tried using this order command a5_databasecompact(.t.,"Compacting Application","Please Wait, The System Is Compacting Application","Operation Completed") to make compact run silently but the (.t.) was not recognized only the (.f.) is recognized. Is it possible to run the commpact operation silently without displaying these warning messages of failure to update a table & advice to drop it. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

    Rawlings
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    RE: PRINT REPORT & COMPACT DATABASE SILENTLY

    1. screen shot attached, note option to uncheck

    "show printer setup on print"
    There can be only one.

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      RE: PRINT REPORT & COMPACT DATABASE SILENTLY

      I can't make the true option work for the

      A5_DATABASECOMPACT(.t.)

      either.

      Maybe there's a trick someone will share with us.
      There can be only one.

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        RE: PRINT REPORT & COMPACT DATABASE SILENTLY

        Hello Rawlings,

        The issue with compacting the database is that the form (and any other form that might be open ) that you are basing your menu on has its underlying table open. To compact, Alpha has to get exclusive access to the tables (one by one), and when it runs into these table that are in use, it cannot compact them.

        If you go to action scripting, it has an option to compact the database. Internally, Alpha closes all forms and runs the database compact. Alternately, you could either:

        1) Roll your own and skip the 'dummy' table the menu is build on.
        2) Have your main menu (assuming that you call the database compact routine from the main menu) be an Xdialog box rather than a form.
        3) If you needed customization beyond the above, create the action script I mentioned, convert it to xbasic and modify it to meet your needs.

        Good luck,
        Jim

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          RE: PRINT REPORT & COMPACT DATABASE SILENTLY

          Thanks Jim & Stan for your prompt response to my problems. Your suggestions were very very helpful. Thanks again.

          Rawlings

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