Printing (was: Re: XCMD's/XFCN's)

[ron barber]

Dan, et al.

Are you able to print Unicode text, from a fld or variable, 
successfully?

Thanks
Ron


On Mar 10, 2005, at 3:12 AM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> 9-5's stuff is definitely not compatible with RR.
>
> Also, it's not really true that reporting is non-existent in RR. I'm 
> just finishing my next eBook(let) on printing and I had to overcome 
> that same belief in working on it. While it's true that making some 
> sophisticated kinds of reports work in RR takes more work than it 
> might have in Report DataPro (9-to-5's product), there doesn't appear 
> to be much that you can't do with enough scripting. And a lot of 
> reporting is much more straightforward than first seems to be the 
> case.
>
> One of our serious script-heads here (I'll let him identify himself if 
> he chooses) told me yesterday that he has become very impressed with 
> the printing capability in RR, including even print previews at 50% 
> thumbnails that rival those of commercial apps.
>
> So stay tuned. Or dive into what Rev *does* have in the way of 
> reporting and figure it out yourself. It's not as hard as it seems.
>
> (We'll be having at least one and probably two sessions on printing at 
> the upcoming RevConWest in June in Monterey.)
>
> Dan
>
> P.S. In general, almost everything I used to use X-thingies for in HC 
> are implementable or already available in Transcript without the mess 
> of an external.
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Mikey wrote:
>
>> Has a compatibility matrix been established for old HC XCMD's and 
>> XFCN's?
>>
>> Since reporting is non-existent in RR, I have an alternative, which is
>> 9-5 Software's Reports externals, which we use extensively.
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>> On the second day, God created the oceans.
>> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
>>    and did a little diving.
>> And God said, "This is good."
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