<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><TITLE>FW: vrf Windows 98 to Windows NT 2000</TITLE><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD><BODY><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>Hi Ed,</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>I've been following along with your discussions and perhaps I can </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>offer</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>a couple of suggestions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>The VEE printer settings are saved in the VEE.RC file that is found in the</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001><STRONG>C:WINNTProfiles(user)Local SettingsApplication DataAgilentVEE Pro</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>directory for EACH Win NT user, and if you are using Windows 2000 the path is</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001><STRONG>C:Documents and Settings(user)Local SettingsApplication DataAgilentVEE Pro</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>assuming, of course, your drives and directories are are default installs.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>For VEE_RT, the last directory in each path is changed to <FONT color=#000000><STRONG>VEE Pro RunTime</STRONG></FONT>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>To get the VEE.RC file to be created, you have to press the SAVE button after</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>you are done editing the default vaules, otherwise the default values will</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>always be used. New with VEE Pro, you can save </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>the VEE.IO settings with</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>your program if you wish, but NOT the VEE.RC settings. (Why NOT Agilent???)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>You can also directly edit the VEE.RC file's (printerMagnification 0.75)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>setting to 1.00 (or whatever) if you wish.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>Here's a tip. Logon as administrator. Go to a user directory listed above</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>where you have the settings exactly the way you want them. Back up a couple</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>of directory levels and copy the <FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Agilent </STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>folder. Now move to every other</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001><FONT color=#0000ff>user's </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>profile and paste it under the <FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Application Data</STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff> folder. Overwrite</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>any <FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Agilent</STRONG></FONT> folders already there. ALSO, you should paste it in the profile</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>called <FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Default User</STRONG></FONT> so any new profiles created on that PC will automatically</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>start with your preferred </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001>settings. That should stop THAT problem.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>Mike Groves</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>UltraRF a CREE Company</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001><A href="mailto:mike.groves@ultrarf.com">mike.groves@ultrarf.com</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2><SPAN class=274595219-15112001> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Shaw, Edward [mailto:eshaw@comtechefdata.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:04 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'vrf@lvld.agilent.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> FW: vrf Windows 98 to Windows NT 2000 <BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE> <P><FONT size=2>Thanks for your help Dave and Mike.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=2>Changing the admin printer settings to landscape is one of the things I may try. The other possibility is to have one login to be used for the station. I just don't quite understand yet why when a new user opens the .vxe software it sets up to the default settings even though I saved the settings I need into it. I'm guessing that if the Windows printer default is in portrait the VEE software's .vxe overrides the settings it was set to and the print magnification goes to the default of 75% because it knows it won't fit on the page in portrait.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: Andersen Dave-P26278 [<A href="mailto:Dave.Andersen@gd-decisionsystems.com">mailto:Dave.Andersen@gd-decisionsystems.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:14 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To: Shaw, Edward</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: RE: vrf Windows 98 to Windows NT 2000 </FONT></P><BR> <P><FONT size=2>Under Win2k, everyone has their own "personal settings". In fact, under Vee 6, everyone has their own vee settings as well unless you save the vee settings into the file itself as you have done. Changing the setting from the Admin account may do what you want.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: Shaw, Edward [<A href="mailto:eshaw@comtechefdata.com">mailto:eshaw@comtechefdata.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:32 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To: vrf@lvld.agilent.com</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: vrf Windows 98 to Windows NT 2000 </FONT></P><BR><BR> <P><FONT size=2>My company's IT department and I just completed a changeover from Windows 98 to Windows NT 2000 Professional onto a test station with a new computer as well. We are running Novell Client for Windows 2000. I logged in using my username and I installed Vee Pro 6.01 and copied the backed up VEE test program previously running on Win98 with Vee Pro 6.01. I reconfigured all the instruments and the station ran OK. Then I created a runtime version selecting the Save colors and fonts with program option and Save I/O configuration with program option.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>I have run into a problem which I haven't solved yet. I have the Print Magnification In the Default preferences print setting set to 100% to correctly print out the station's data sheets. I also use the Print Setup which needs to be set to Landscape Orientation for the data sheets to printout correctly. The problem is after I have logged out and a station operator logs in and runs the station software, these settings go back to the Windows defaults of 75% Print magnification and Portrait Orientation. I then adjust the settings to correctly print the data sheets and save it. It works until a new user logs in and the settings go back to the default. </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>I am not very familiar with Windows 2000. How do I set it up to have the same settings for all users? </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>Ed Shaw </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>ATE Design Engineer </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>Comtech EFData Corporation </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>2114 West Seventh Street </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Tempe, Arizona 85281 </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Tel. 480-333-2107 </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Fax 480-333-2161 </FONT><BR><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:eshaw@comtechefdata.com">mailto:eshaw@comtechefdata.com</A> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.comtechefdata.com" target=_blank>http://www.comtechefdata.com</A> |<A href="http://www.comtechefdata.com" target=_blank>http://www.comtechefdata.com</A>> </FONT></P><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
As I understand it ( and I'm no expert at Win 2k either! ) you need
to have administrator privileges for the PC ( you may need to get your IT
dept. to do this ) - log in, open the printers folder ( under Settings )
and, by right-clicking on the printer( which I presume has been set as the
default printer ), select "Printing Preferences...". Edit the details you
want here. Log out and back in as operator and the changes should have
stuck.
If not, I'd pester your IT department...
Regards,
Mike Watts
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