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BUG: Choosing Page Setup Causes "Printer not ready" Error

Article ID: 190489

Article Last Modified on 8/21/1999

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q190489

SYMPTOMS

Choosing the Page Setup option from the Visual FoxPro File menu produces the following error message:

Printer not ready.

CAUSE

There are no printers installed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

If there are any Windows printers installed, remove them.
From the Visual FoxPro File menu, Choose Page Setup.

You get a message stating that the printer could not be found, followed by a message on how to install a printer. Once you click OK in the dialog box, the message is followed by the "Printer not ready" error.

Additional query words: kbVFp600bug kbPrinting kbvfp600

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB190489