Statistica Crash occurs clicking on the Print Preview button when a report is selected

Statistica Crash occurs clicking on the Print Preview button when a report is selected

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Article ID: KB0074332

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Products Versions
Spotfire Statistica 12.6 and above.

Description

After creating a report, selecting Print Preview causes Statistica to crash.  

Cause:  One known cause is the STATNOVAPDF (or Statistica PDF) is not the default printer.  

Related knowledge base article:   What is the Statistica StatOpts.xml file and where is it located?

Issue/Introduction

Crash occurs when clicking on the Print Preview button when a report is selected

Environment

Windows operating systems only.

Resolution

SOLUTION 1

1.  Open Printers and Devices (or search for Printers and Scanners in Windows 10)
2.  Set the STATNOVA (or Statistica PDF for 13.3 and later) as the default printer.  Below, setting the Statistica PDF printer to "Default" in Windows 10:

Set as default printer
SOLUTION 2

Turn off the 'Advanced Graphics Rendering'  in the Option settings by following these steps:

1.  With Statistica open, select  File | Settings and then click  Options
2.  Click on the small plus icon to the left of Graphs to expand the options
3.  Click Rendering and uncheck the 'Enable advanced graphics rending' at the top and click 'OK':

Advanced Graphics Rendering Option