[Resolved] Change printer in Access 2000

I am using the following code on a command button in an Access 2000 program.

Code:

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Dim x As Printer

For Each x In Printers
    If x.DeviceName = "Acrobat Distiller" Then
        Set Printer = x
        Exit For
    End If
Next

DoCmd.OpenReport "Prop_Invoice_Email", acViewPreview, , "Month(Inv_Statement_Date) = " _
& Format(Month(dteStatementDate), "00") & " And Year(Inv_Statement_Date) = " & _
Format(Year(dteStatementDate), "00")

DoCmd.PrintOut acPrintAll, , , acHigh

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I want this report to print out to my Acrobat Distiller printout but it is printing to my system default printer.

Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?

Thanks

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Can anyone answer this?

Anyone at all?

PLEASE!

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you have to set the default printer to your choice , print the report and reset the default printer.

Or you have to set the printer in the report to this printer.

If no special printer is set in the report it prints to the default printer.

If you look at my first post, you can see that I am trying to set the printer to the Acrobat Distiller.

When I print my report, it does not print to the Acrobat Distiller, it prints to my system default printer.

That was my question, why is it doing this.

I don't think you can set the printer like that.

You need to set the currentdevice in de deviceslist to that printer.

Can anyone give a definite answer why my code won't work and an example of some code that does work?

Thanks

Surely someone knows the answer to this.

I have a coupe report that just use printer.printy. However this is the code they use to sdelect the printer:

' MsgBox "Set default printer to server. Make sure paper size is set to FANFOLD1.", vbInformation
' CommonDialog1.ShowPrinter
SCREEN.MousePointer = vbHourglass
Printer.Orientation = vbPRORLandscape
MonthlyActivity
Printer.Orientation = vbPRORLandscape
MonthlyActivity2
SCREEN.MousePointer = 0
Printer.Orientation = vbPRORPortrait
' MsgBox "Set default printer back to what it was.", vbInformation
' CommonDialog1.ShowPrinter

Also, have you used the debug to see what printer names it is actually finding? If it doesn't find the name you have specified, it will go to the default. By the way, forget the comment marks on the previous post before the commondialog statement.

Try this:

Dim stDocName As String

Dim x As Printer

'Set the printer default

Set Application.Printer = Application.Printers("Acrobat Distiller")

Set x = Application.Printer

'Opens Prop Invoice Email in preview mode and then sets the reports printer to above printer

stDocName = "Prop Invoice Email"
DoCmd.OpenReport stDocName, acPreview, , , acWindowNormal

Reports(stDocName).Printer = x

DoCmd.PrintOut acPrintAll, , , acHigh

When you set the Application.Printer you may require the full UNC path.

Any problems let me know.

Did it work ????

Hi, thanks for your post. I don't know if it worked or not. I went another way.

Instead of using the distiller, I am exporting it directly to a file using the following code using my VB code.

VB Code:

Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass
CRViewer1.ReportSource = Report
Report.Database.Tables(1).SetLogOnInfo "12.23.12.12", "Monthly Invoices", "sa", ""
Report.DiscardSavedData
CRViewer1.ReportSource = Report
 
CRViewer1.ViewReport
CRViewer1.Zoom 90
Report.SaveAs "C:\Statement.rpt", cr80FileFormat
 
Dim objCrstal As New CRAXDRT.Application
Dim objReport As New CRAXDRT.Report
Dim objExportOptions As CRAXDRT.ExportOptions
 
Set objCrystal = New CRAXDRT.Application
 
Set objReport = objCrystal.OpenReport("C:\Statement.rpt", 0)
Set objExportOptions = objReport.ExportOptions
 
With objExportOptions
    .DestinationType = crEDTDiskFile
    .DiskFileName = "C:\Statement.pdf"
    .FormatType = crEFTPortableDocFormat
    .PDFExportAllPages = True
End With
 
objReport.Export False
 
Set objReport = Nothing
Set objCrystal = Nothing
Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault