AW: Problem with Studio 4.3.0.0 Windows 2003 Terminal Server an Print Spooler

[Andy Hilton]

Woo hoo - thanks for that snippet - very useful !!

On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:35 AM, sethpaien wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> For the Omnis telling you that the default printer has changed, you can
> change this behaviour using :
> 
> Calculate $root.$prefs.$printernotify as kPrtNoteAuto (or kPrtNoteMsg or
> kPrtNoteNoMsg)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2010/1/8 Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com>
> 
>> Keith
>> 
>> I think you are closest at this point !
>> 
>> My guess is that Omnis will have some internal 'preference' to do with a
>> stored printer setup, and even when starting the app, this default is
>> causing a hang when trying to locate the equivalent printer setup in
>> Windows....or something like that - which simply carries on hanging whenever
>> there is a print type operation going on - remember that old chestnut which
>> still occurs where Omnis tells you that the default printer has changed ? I
>> mean who cares, but it is a pain for web versions of Omnis in particular as
>> you can't see that they are trying to tell you something !! I don't know
>> what causes that either but I would be prepared to bet large that they are
>> all tied up to the same root cause - and this has been an issue with Omnis
>> for decades going back to Classic days too....
>> 
>> I think the clever boys at Mitford would do well to dig deep into the core
>> and find out what that printing part is doing as clearly it is an issue that
>> Omnis has carried for a very long time.....
>> 
>> Andy
>>