Is there any way to force report preview on printerless PC?

M

Max Moor

Hi All,
I'm wanting to allow users to view report previews, even if they have
no printer installed on their PC. I'm currently opening the reports with
DoCmd.OpenReport, which throws the 2501, "action was canceled" error.

Is there a way to let users view the preview, even though it can't be
printed?

- Max
 
R

Rick Brandt

Max said:
Hi All,
I'm wanting to allow users to view report previews, even if they
have no printer installed on their PC. I'm currently opening the
reports with DoCmd.OpenReport, which throws the 2501, "action was
canceled" error.

Is there a way to let users view the preview, even though it can't
be printed?

- Max
Click to expand...

Nope. They need SOME kind of printer driver even if there is no physical
printer connected. They could just install any old driver. A PDF writer
would be a good choice for a PC that had no physical printer.
 
C

Chuck

Nope. They need SOME kind of printer driver even if there is no physical
printer connected. They could just install any old driver. A PDF writer
would be a good choice for a PC that had no physical printer.
Click to expand...

If no PDF driver in machine, then install print to file driver. I believe
every Windows machine has that.

Chuck
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