Bug in frxPrinter.pas - setting Bin

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• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  September 2008 edited 9:11AM

  it would be good if you posted what version or daily build you are using.
  
• DiGi

  September 2008 edited 9:11AM

  Sorry for late reply - email notifications are not working?
  
  It was 4.6.current (not official). I think that I had same problem with 3.x too (in my old company) - so I don't except changes in frxPrinter.pas at all.
• DiGi

  October 2008 edited October 2008

  Please can be this fixed?
  
  FastReports 4.7.5 - there is not any simple runtime way to set printer bin.
  
  unit frxPrinter.pas, procedure TfrxPrinter.SetPrintParams
  

  FMode.dmCopies := ACopies;
  if FBin <> -1 then
    ABin := FBin;
  

  
  Corrent should be (in my opinion):
  

  FMode.dmCopies := ACopies;
  if ABin <> -1 then
    FBin := ABin;
  

  
  AND - please class TfrxCustomPrinter - property Bin: Integer - make it writable. It is really boring to getting and setting another 6 parameters that SetPrintParams needs to just set Bin.
  
  I need to set bin runtime. It is nice that if I set bin in FRXDesigner then stored value is loaded and used correctly - but I really don't want copy each report with different printer Bin.
• DiGi

  October 2008 edited October 2008

  Just for another developers - if you need this and it is not fixed yet:
  

  unit YourOwnPrintUnit;
  
  ..
  
  implementation
  
  uses
    frxPrinter;
  
  type
    TfrxHackedPrinter = class(TObject)
    private
      FBin: Integer;
    public
      property Bin: Integer read FBin write FBin;
    end;
  
  ..
  var
    PrinterName: string;
    PrinterBin: string;
  begin
    ..
    .. get PrinterName and PrinterBin from your own storage
    ..
    PrintOptions.Printer := PrinterName;
    SelectPrinter;
    frxPrinters.Printer.BinNameToNumber(PrinterBin);
  
    ..
    .. print now...
  end;
  

  
  Yes, I know - this is ugly, but it is only working way to set Bin runtime in FastReports.
• OlliWW

  May 2012 edited 9:11AM

  Its 2012 and its still not fixed.....great " border="0" alt="mad.gif" />" alt=">" />

  DiGi wrote: »

  Just for another developers - if you need this and it is not fixed yet:
  

  unit YourOwnPrintUnit;
  
  ..
  
  implementation
  
  uses
    frxPrinter;
  
  type
    TfrxHackedPrinter = class(TObject)
    private
      FBin: Integer;
    public
      property Bin: Integer read FBin write FBin;
    end;
  
  ..
  var
    PrinterName: string;
    PrinterBin: string;
  begin
    ..
    .. get PrinterName and PrinterBin from your own storage
    ..
    PrintOptions.Printer := PrinterName;
    SelectPrinter;
    frxPrinters.Printer.BinNameToNumber(PrinterBin);
  
    ..
    .. print now...
  end;
  

  
  Yes, I know - this is ugly, but it is only working way to set Bin runtime in FastReports.
• dschuch Dresden,Germany

  May 2013 edited 9:11AM

  Hy,
  
  this code seems to be broken with the latest FR (tested with 4.13 as well as 4.14). In 4.10 everything is working fine.
  Currently we are not sure, but it seems the native function doesn not work too.
  
  frxPrinters.Printer.SetPrintParams
  
  
  Can anyone confirm this?
  
  We have a code like this:
  
  FrxReport1.PrepareReport;
  frxReport1.Print; //copie 1
  TfrxHackedPrinter(frxPrinters.Printer).Bin:=bin;
  frxReport1.Print; //copie 2 on another bin
  
  Daniel.
  
  

  OlliWW wrote: »

  Its 2012 and its still not fixed.....great " border="0" alt="mad.gif" />" alt=">" />

  OlliWW wrote: »

  Just for another developers - if you need this and it is not fixed yet:
  

  unit YourOwnPrintUnit;
  
  ..
  
  implementation
  
  uses
    frxPrinter;
  
  type
    TfrxHackedPrinter = class(TObject)
    private
      FBin: Integer;
    public
      property Bin: Integer read FBin write FBin;
    end;
  
  ..
  var
    PrinterName: string;
    PrinterBin: string;
  begin
    ..
    .. get PrinterName and PrinterBin from your own storage
    ..
    PrintOptions.Printer := PrinterName;
    SelectPrinter;
    frxPrinters.Printer.BinNameToNumber(PrinterBin);
  
    ..
    .. print now...
  end;
  

  
  Yes, I know - this is ugly, but it is only working way to set Bin runtime in FastReports.
• DiGi

  May 2013 edited 9:11AM

  Check source code, maybe they add some properties before FBin.
• dschuch Dresden,Germany

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Hm... good idea, sometimes.....
  
  There are only minor Changes in unit frxPrinter; Most of them are inside Compiler-conditions
  
  procedure TfrxPrinter.SetPrintParams(APaperSize: Integer;
  has some changes:
  
  New:

    if ABin = DMBIN_AUTO then
      if FBin <> -1 then
        ABin := FBin
      else
        ABin := DefBin;
  

  
  Old:

    if FBin <> -1 then
      ABin := FBin;
    if ABin = DMBIN_AUTO then
      ABin := DefBin;
  

  
  In the new case, ABin is never assigned If ABin is initialized with sth <> DMBIN_AUTO
  
  
  We will check out the reason.
  
  Thanks for the hint.
• OlliWW

  July 2014 edited 9:11AM

  Still not fixed in FR5 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> I reported it to FR - Staff 1,5 years ago. I also send them the "correct" code, but no response[/img]