Thanks Myles Steve Barker has sent me the mods needed to the Printers unit.
I'll see if that makes a difference, although they say the default printer is set correctly and is available to all other applications. Worth a crack though. Mark On 23 Sep 2002 at 9:41, Myles Penlington wrote: > Sometime ago (2-3years) someone (matthew??) posted some code that > fixed problems, if the default printer was a network printer and > either that printer was not available, or the machine was not on the > network, then a AV/Exception is raised on application start (and > crash). > > I think the offending code is in TPrinter.SetPrinter towards the end > of the method somewhere. > > Myles. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 20 September 2002 12:04 p.m. > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Application error - EPrinter Error > > > Dave > > Thanks. > The app doesn't even start - it's not just on printing. > > They say they haven't changed the printer or anything else in the set- > up. > > I've suggested, in the meantime, that they try downloading the > lastest driver for their printer. > > They've loaded the app on another workstation, pointing to the > original DB and it is working as a stop gap measure. > > Mark > On 20 Sep 2002 at 11:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have a problem where an app gets an access violation and crashes, > > if the user prints to a particular printer (but other printers are > > o.k.). I suspect the printer driver or something in the way the > > printer is set up. Haven't solved this yet. > > > > Has your client recently introduced a new printer, which your app > > prints to? Or have they changed any settings on an existing printer? > > A bit out there I know, but just in case it helps. > > > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, 20 September 2002 10:54 > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > Subject: [DUG]: Application error - EPrinter Error > > > > > > Hi > > > > A site running Win98 is suddenly getting and Windows Application > > error message when they try to start my app. (D5, DBISAM) and it > > crashes the computer. They sometimes get an extra message referring > > to an EPrinter exception. > > > > The application hasn't changed at all and the problems started when > > an accounting package, Exonet, crashed earlier in the week. > > > > Exonet and all other apps still run OK. Any ideas? > > > > Mark > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- ----- > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- ----- > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
