Subject Re: Print Entryfield Editor From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:56:10 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2022/04/22 19:28, Norman Snowden wrote: >   Below is part of the code I used to successfully complete Editor2 and show the >   results on screen. However, I also want to print the results. When I try to print it, an >   Error message comes up, " Can't find File plot_occupation.txt". >   I checked in the program Folder and do find plot_occupation.txt there. If clicked on, it prints out with Notepad and can be sent to the printer for printing. Must be something with word. application? > > I realize the entire code would be necessary to find the problem. However, any comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Norman > >    Asort(Occup,1) >              form.editor2.value = ''         >         fFile = new file() >         fFile.create('plot_Occupations.txt') >         crlf = chr(13)+chr(10) >         form.editor2.value += "  " + crlf >         form.editor2.value += '   ' +  '                          OCCUPATIONS' + '  ' + crlf                      >             form.editor2.value +=  "      -------------------------------------------------" //no crlf >          fFile.puts(form.editor2.value) //fFileputs() adds crlf in file automatically >          form.editor2.value += crlf  //add crlf to editor contents for proper display >             >   function PUSHBUTTON11_onClick() >        form.entryfield1.value = set('directory')+'\plot_occupation.txt' >        oWord = new oleAutoclient("word.application") >        oWord.ChangeFileOpenDirectory( set('directory')+'\') >        oWord.documents.open("plot_occupation.txt",false, true ) >        oWord.activeDocument.printOut() >        oWord.quit( 0 ) >        release object oWord >        oWord = null >        return For some reason oWord.ChangeFileOpenDirectory( set('directory')+'\') is not pointing Word to the right place. Instead of changing the directory, simply adding the path to the filename gets around the problem.         cFile = set('directory')+'\plant_occupation.txt'         oWord = new oleAutoclient("word.application") //      oWord.ChangeFileOpenDirectory( set('directory')+'\')        oWord.documents.open(cFile,false,true)        oWord.activeDocument.printOut()        oWord.quit( 0 )        release object oWord        oWord = null Mervyn.