Not sure how recently the problem started. And, also not sure if PDF output from MS Word still functions while VFP is running - although I suspect it still works fine.
If the upgrade to 6.0 option doesn't work, or that other FREE option - then I may suggest this option. Thanks, -K- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VFP/Acrobat-PDF : Causing Sys FREEZE Did it just start happening or has it been happening all the while? Try ccleaner to clean out all the temp files and junk on his system. www.ccleaner.com Can you print to Adobe from another program while VFP is running? --- On Tue, 12/16/08, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> > Subject: VFP/Acrobat-PDF : Causing Sys FREEZE > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 2:54 PM > Hello folks, > > > > My boss is having problem on his machine. He has Adobe > Acrobat/Distiller > version 5.0 installed on his machine. And, when in FoxPro, > if he selects > the "Adobe PDF" option instead of selecting a > printer, when printing a > report - it is causing things to freeze upon his machine. > The FoxPro > application freezes, and then he can shut most other > applications down - > but, even trying to ReStart his machine is problematic - > and even trying > to bring up the Task Manager is also problematic. > > > > When he runs the FoxPro app - it's a compiled EXE he is > running - which > was compiled in the 7.0 release. Additionally, he is > running this > application on an older PC (maybe 2 or 3 years old - > Pentium 4 - 2.6GHz, > 512 RAM) - and he is running Win2K w/SP4. The problem > doesn't happen on > any of the other machines here - as they are all running > WinXP. > > > > Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, as it's > a really annoying > problem - and he occasionally forgets that he should NOT > try doing the > PDF output - and then tends to do it by mistake. Also to > note - when he > selects the "Adobe PDF" option from within > another application like MS > Word (instead of selecting an actual printer) - this > problem does NOT > occur! > > > > Thanks, > > -K- > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289EA162F5642645B5CF64D624C66A140 [email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a1404254...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
