Print Report with navision application server

Stone

Hi,

Is'it possible to execute reports with NAS ?

When i try this procedure, i receive the message "you cannot print to ." in the event viewer ...

Many thanks for your help

PrebenRasmussen

My guess is that no printer is installed on the server.
Is this the case?

Stone

no a default printer is installed on the server. and, in the command GUIALLOWED Help, MBS wrote:

Use this operating system function to check whether the C/AL code is allowed to show any information on the screen. When you run Navision Attain Application Server (where GUIALLOWED returns FALSE), any call to CONFIRM or d.OPEN, or any attempt to use a form, report or dataport will generate an error.

Thanks for your answer

Luc_VanDyck

Starting from Attain 3.60, it is possible to print reports using the Application Server.

Stone

Yes Luc, it's possible but that don't work

The report properties are:

UseSystemPrinter: YES
ShowStatus: NO
UseRequestForm: NO

The server running NAS is using a windows default printer (not a local printer but network printer)

The code-unit contains code:

PrintReport(ReportSelection.Usage::"S.Shipment");

and the function PrintReport:

ReportSelection.RESET;
ReportSelection.SETRANGE(Usage,ReportUsage);
ReportSelection.FIND('-');
REPEAT
ReportSelection.TESTFIELD("Report ID");
CASE ReportUsage OF
ReportSelection.Usage::"S.Shipment":
REPORT.RUN(ReportSelection."Report ID",FALSE,FALSE,SalesShptHeader);
ReportSelection.Usage::"P.Ret.Shpt.":
REPORT.RUN(ReportSelection."Report ID",FALSE,FALSE,ReturnShptHeader);
ReportSelection.Usage::Inv2:
REPORT.RUN(ReportSelection."Report ID",FALSE,FALSE,TransShptHeader);

END;
UNTIL ReportSelection.NEXT = 0;

after running ADCS, nothing to printer and the message in the event viewer : "You cannot print to ."

:evil: :evil: :evil:

is't a joke from MBS ???

CenT

Don't see a real solution to the problem here. IS it or ISN'T it possible to print a report from the NAS?

I get the following entry in my eventlog
"Before you can perform printer-related tasks, you need to install a printer." while there is obviously a printer installed, running the codeunit manually does the trick.

CenT

Ok I got it working, just needed to make sure the printers were known to the user running the Navision Application Server.

superjet

CenT wrote:

Ok I got it working, just needed to make sure the printers were known to the user running the Navision Application Server.

does someone understand what CenT did here ?

garak

Search the forum for NAS and Print.
Also on the MSDN site of MS schould alsoe be a tech.article

bbrown

superjet wrote:

CenT wrote:

Ok I got it working, just needed to make sure the printers were known to the user running the Navision Application Server.

does someone understand what CenT did here ?

NAS runs as a Windows user. He just needed to be sure that user was configured with a default printer on that computer.

henrikohm

I have exact same problem:

- 64 bit
- NAS printing PDF
- Using Windows Tasks to NET START <NASNAME>
- Problem MAY have occured AFTER installation of Invoice Workflow solution, but not sure
- Yes, printer assigned in NAV printer selection
- Yes, printer is default
- Yes, have logged in as nas user and testet directly in NAV

The weird thing is that is HAS BEEN working and suddenly it doesn't

Another weird thing is that if we restart the server then it works (1-2 times?), but the day after it doesn't.

We have tried local administrator and domain administrator.

We have re-installed PDFCreator printer driver.

We have created and tried PDFCreator2 (new instance).

All with no result and it's driving me crazy..

Please somebody help

Best regards
Henrik

dick11

We have the same problem.
Technical details:

Server 2008
Navision 5.
PDFCreator (latest version) is set to autosave to a fixed folder on the HD.

I run the NAS now under my account.
If I am logged on that server it works fine.

But when I log off the pdf is no longer created.

Has someone an idea?

henrikohm

I have given up on PDFCreator.

Then it works on the server... then it doesn't... then it works... then it doesn't. There can be weeks between failure.

I have tried to install in server mode... didn't work.

Now I have used 1-2 hours to rewrite the code to be using Bullzip PDF (free) and easy and SEEM TO work for now.

Thank you for all your replies

henrikohm

Have found the "solution". Apparently it is because there are 2 nas'es each with different user and tasks. If I stop one then it works. Solution for my customer: Install NAS2 on another server.
Thank you everybody.

sorry for the ... late... reply

Henrik