Printing query

[David Squance]

Thanks for the reply, Frank.
However, it didn't work.  I tried it on my Mac, and when I opened the PDF
file I created (rather than direct
to the printer) I got an error message--wrong operand or some such thing.
When I tried actually printing, the printer light flashed once as it
usually does before printing, but nothing else happened.  (At least RR
didn't crash as is also usual after printing--I think since I used the
clone function--I'm using RR2.1.2)
Perhaps my choice of the rect after the 'into' is off the page.  I used the
printmargin numbers (see script portion below).
Dave

>Why not specify the rect on the page as well as on the card (print this
>card from <x> to <x> into <rect>)...
>
>On Oct 27, 2004, at 7:27 PM, David Squance wrote:
>
>> Hello Group,
>> I've created a little app to print labels, and am trying to adapt it
>> to do
>> envelopes.  I'm having trouble getting my head around the numbers.  I
>> have
>> the rect of the fld to which the address info goes, and have the
>> handler
>> print the card from the first two numbers of the fld rect to the last
>> two.
>> This is a segment of the printing handler:
>>
>>   if the platform is "MacOS" then answer printer
>>   else set the printrotated to true
>>   open printing with dialog
>>   if envchoice is "short" then
>>     set the printPaperSize to 261,468
>>     set the printmargins to 200,144,36,36
>>   end if
>>   if envchoice is "long" then
>>     set the printPaperSize to 297,684
>>     set the printmargins to 360,144,36,36
>>   end if
>>   print this card from 4,31 to 193,103
>>   close printing
>>
>> When I print (to PDF) on my Mac (since RR crashes if I try to do a real
>> print), the fld is all there, but on Windows, I lose most of the field.
>> What's the interconnection between the various sets of numbers?  The
>> papersize is just 72 X the dimensions of standard (North American)
>> envelopes, and the margins are supposed to put the address in the right
>> place on the envelope.  Any enlightenment would be helpful.
>> Dave
>>
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