Bug #2087 - an enhancement request, "PRINT@"

[Richard Gaskin]

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
> I quite agree, and if anyone is interested in even more, I have posted 
> bug #2089 as a companion request for enhancement, for line drawing on 
> the page, and for page breaks (to extend to additional pages).
> 
> On Aug 28, 2004, at 9:57 AM, Barry Levine wrote:
> 
>> I'll respectfully ask that you (all) take a look at Bugzilla item 
>> #2087 and
>> decide if it deserving of your vote. It's an enhancement, not a bug.
>>
>> Short description:
>>
>> PRINT [(font[size]] @ X,Y "text to print" [@ X,Y "more text"]
>>
>> where the user may optionally specify a font (and size), a starting pixel
>> location on the page horizontally and vertically, and then the actual 
>> text
>> (which could be a field reference). Additional references to location and
>> text are optional. The command would be used between an "open 
>> printing" and
>> "close printing" to build a report (most likely a columnar report).

What are the advantages of creating an alternate way to draw text 
containers and graphic primitives over the current object-based methods?

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