Re: Oracle reports6

From: herbert.fukerider <herbert.fukerider_at_rfn.de>
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 14:32:08 +0200
Message-ID: <37FC92C7.6EE55EC9_at_rfn.de>

Hi,
Just solved my problems with reports 6.0 on HP-UX client-server:
Here ist what I found out after hours:

• Reference Manuals AND Installation guide have errors:

TK6_PRINT env variable is wrong,  must be TK_PRINT
e.g. setenv  TK_PRINT "lp -ops -s -d'%n' -n%c"
 
• The Postscript engine now sets *PageSize AND *InputSlot for EACH page

With Dev4.5 only *PageSize was set, and only once for the whole output.
As there is an error at least in the
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon6/tk60/admin/PPD/hpljet41.ppd file,
printing fails:
Here is the Section of that file with my Line Numbers:

 440  *DefaultInputSlot: Lower
 441  *InputSlot Upper/Multipurpose Tray: "
 442      1 dict
 443      dup /Policies 2 dict dup /PageSize 2 put dup /MediaType 0 put put
 444          setpagedevice
 445          1 dict
 446      dup /MediaType (MP CASSETTE) put
 447      setpagedevice"
 448  *End
 449  *InputSlot Lower/Paper Cassette: "
 450      1 dict
 451      dup /Policies 2 dict dup /PageSize 2 put dup /MediaType 0 put put
 452          setpagedevice
 453          1 dict
 <<< 454      dup /MediaType (UPPER CASSETTE) put <<< !!! ERROR LINE !!!
 >>> 454      dup /InputSlot (UPPER CASSETTE) put >>>  !!! CORRECTED LINE !!!
 455      setpagedevice"
 456  *End

Note: You have to correct all Lines beginning with "dup /MediaType (" for all InputSlots.
 

• Set the following Default entries in your ppd-File to your desired Values:

Note: See the lines below *Default... for allowed Values.
If you want a Default pagesize of A4, there must be a line beginning with
*PageSize A4/A4 ... below the line beginning with *DefaultPageSize:
e.g. to set DefaultPagesize to "A4",  edit the *DefaultPageSize line
and other Default entries:
*DefaultPageSize: A4
*DefaultPageRegion: A4
*DefaultImageableArea: A4
*DefaultPaperDimension: A4
*DefaultInputSlot: Lower
 
• Setup your uiprint.txt file to use the corrected ppd file.

If you then call Page Setup from your application, these Default Values will appear
in your dialog box and no further changes need to be made.

Hope this will help you.
Herbert Fukerider
 

Peter Krause wrote:

Hi,

We are migrating a client/server, forms4/reports2 application to Dev6
remaining as client/server.  Everything is running fine apart from one
thing. When we convert a report we have to reset the page setup i.e.
margins and layout, to get the whole document on the paper. We can get
it right in live previewer and print correctly. When we run it from the
application the margins and/or layout have been reset in the page
setup. If we change the page setup in the application and set the
margins to what we had in report builder the report prints correctly
from the application for each and every report thereafter. If the
"Reports Background Engine" is closed the application forgets the
settings and  starts printing incorrectly. Now, we can make the
application work by telling the users to set the margins and page
layout before they print there first report and to not close the
"Reports Background Engine" but this is undesirable. How can we set the
page layout and margins to default to the correct size?

Peter

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  Received on Thu Oct 07 1999 - 14:32:08 CEST