open printing with dialog -- Windows equiv?

Lynch, Jonathan BNZ2 at CDC.GOV
Thu Dec 23 15:26:21 EST 2004


Just a thought...

An odd work-around...

Couldn't you make an image of the layout that you wish to print, then
print the image?

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Fisch
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Subject: Re: open printing with dialog -- Windows equiv?


On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 03:15  PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

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> That bug already has my 5 votes.  Sorry, bugzilla won't let me give it

> more (believe me, I tried).  Also, that bug does not correctly address

> this issue.
>
> I can't really use revPrintField as my layout is a highly complex 
> multipage layout which needs somewhat precise positioning, including 
> "tables" and images.
While enhancments will be I hope that all of them will be included.
>
> For now, I filed this as bug #2492 (and voted for it).  I guess I'll 
> have to work on other parts of the project until this is resolved.
>
> And here we were shooting for a February release.  Not if this isn't 
> resolved by then.  It's a real show-stopper.
>
> Oh, and let's not vent too harshly at Rev for this -- even though Rev 
> could definitely be improved in this area, it seems to me that Windows

> is primarily at fault here.  Using different font metrics from screen 
> to printer is downright stupid.  Anything to make our lives more 
> difficult...
>
> Anyone know if it's possible to trick Windows into using the screen 
> metrics when printing?  That would be a nice trick.  How about a new 
> global property in Rev called 
> "alwaysPrintWithScreenMetricsDespiteSillyOperatingSystemConventions"  
> (or a shorter version thereof).
LOL..................HA HA, good.
Hershel
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> On Dec 23, 2004, at 2:06 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote:
>
>> Sorry to say , I think the whole printing lib needs to be enhanced. I

>> definitely think that every body should give there full vote for it .
>> http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=1619
>> when it comes to business applications with out these enhancements 
>> you are dead........
>> besides that , its a shame , RR a  tool with every thing to it, 
>> capable , easy and so on should lack a main feature and an important 
>> one like this, especially with many competition out there
>> Hershel Fisch
>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at 04:27  PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. 
>> wrote:
>>
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>>> Okay, I finally got around to trying this, but it doesn't work.  I 
>>> followed these steps as closely as I possibly could, but I still get

>>> strange printouts from Windows (XP is bad, 2000 is pathetic), and OS

>>> X printouts still look great.
>>>
>>> The biggest issue (perhaps the only one left) with XP printing is 
>>> that text at the right edge of a field does not print.  In other 
>>> words, the field is x units wide, Rev allows the line of text to be 
>>> x+y units wide, and the extra y pixels get cut off instead of 
>>> wrapped.  The field is multiline and other lines below that one do 
>>> exist.
>>>
>>> In W2K (the real manifestation of what some people thought Y2K would

>>> be ... though an overall improvement over its predecessors, I 
>>> think), the printouts show extra blank lines in the middle of a 
>>> field, some lines wrap prematurely after a word or two, and so >>>
forth.
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, and I just recently figured out the problem with the "Preparing"

>>> stack: it was topLevel, and hidden behind my modal dialog (which was

>>> a sheet in OS X, so not a problem there...)   Oops!  Fixed by 
>>> displaying it as a palette.
>>>
>>> On Nov 23, 2004, at 12:43 PM, Jan Schenkel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Frank,
>>>>
>>>> The thing with formatForPrinting is that you shouldn't
>>>> change the content of the stack after setting this
>>>> property to true, or the formatting will be off.
>>>> So the best option is to set the data,; next you set
>>>> formatForPrinting false and then back to true ; next
>>>> you save the stack, close and reopen it ; and then
>>>> print it.
>>>> As for your 'preparing' stack not showing up : is it
>>>> possible you're running that part of the script inside
>>>> a lock/unlock screen pair ?
>>>>
>>>> Jan Schenkel.
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>>> Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>
>>>
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>>> Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
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> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
> $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
> John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
> Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
> everlasting life.
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