We are using FM 4 for Windows. And, we keep a record of work performed for customers in a database.

The work performed uses three fields for the date of the work order, description of work performed, and labor hours consumed. Each of these three fields are repeating field that have 100 lines, so we can send our customers a record of the last 100 service calls. Although most reports have less that 30 service calls and fit on one page, some take two or even three pages.

I set the printer to print "1 of 1 pages" and "print all records being browsed" (which are about 50 records), and go back and manually print the second or third page for clients that have over 30 service calls.

However, the system generates a fatal error and freezes FM up. I put in a few pauses thinking that I was sending to many pages to the printer (a LaserJet 5P) that would not all fit in the buffer, but that has not helped. Basically, I am trying to print the first page of 50 records that have a repeating field that spams three pages. If I print all three pages, I get two blank pages when the client has less than 30 service calls. And, when I print one page per record, FM gives me a fatal error and I have to reboot. Any ideas what I am doing wrong.

Thanks, in advance,

Jeff Norensky

What versin and patch of FMP 4 are you using -- the last was FMP 4.0v3. If you have anything before that, go to the FMP web site and dounload the 4.0v3 updater. It's free.

Thanks for your advise. I will check to see what version I have, and update it with the new patches.

Do you know of these patches addressing a printing problem with a long repeating field that spans multiple pages?

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Jeff Norensky

Syracuse, NY

Filemaker version 3 had a lot of printing problems that caused it to crash. Though I never used Filemaker 4, I don't think it significantly different from version 3 (except for the addition of some web publishing features). I upgraded directly from version 3 to version 5 which was a lot more stable when printing. So, you may want to look at upgrading to a newer version.