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 Post subject: Printing Problems...
PostPosted: September 29th, 2006, 12:22 am 
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Opus: ver 7.06 - Opus Pro - Build 15130
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System: (2) 3.2 CPUs Intel - (2) gigs ram - 3.2 tb HD
I'm having a problem that I've never run into before. I have a printer button that when clicked triggers several variables to write to a text file... info.txt. The next command is delay .5 seconds, then Print. I have done this before with no problems, but what is happening now is that the file is written, but instead of printing the text file, the printer just runs a sheet of paper through the printer, rather than actually printing anything. I've tried using <SYSTEM_PUBLICATION_DIR>\info.txt for the file name and I've tried using \info.txt, info.txt and ticking "In Publication Directory when Published". I've even deleted the button and recreated it to no avail. And yes... I've also taken the program to elsewhere/work and tried it on other printers and have the same exact problem. I have depleted all my thoughts and options…

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 Post subject: Re: Printing Problems...
PostPosted: October 1st, 2006, 11:09 pm 
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I'm having a problem that I've never run into before. I have a printer button that when clicked triggers several variables to write to a text file... info.txt. The next command is delay .5 seconds, then Print. I have done this before with no problems, but what is happening now is that the file is written, but instead of printing the text file, the printer just runs a sheet of paper through the printer, rather than actually printing anything. I've tried using <SYSTEM_PUBLICATION_DIR>\info.txt for the file name and I've tried using \info.txt, info.txt and ticking "In Publication Directory when Published". I've even deleted the button and recreated it to no avail. And yes... I've also taken the program to elsewhere/work and tried it on other printers and have the same exact problem. I have depleted all my thoughts and options…

Any suggestions anyone?...

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Ok...
It seems that I have found the problem and I'm submitting it here just in case anyone else runs into it. After trying just about everything else, I finally tried "Close File" first, then was able to print the file. This is something new to me, I've never had to close a file before printing it. I don't know if this is because of something MS Windows has done, but I don't believe it is the fault of Opus. I haven't updated Opus in the past few months, but I have updated Windows. The biggest problem I see with this is the fact that as everyone updates their windows, more and more older projects are going to fail to print.

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