Print Card Missing Objects?

[Sharon Stamps]

Jim,

	Thanks for the help - I thought of this, but decided it might be  
counter-productive, because I didn't want to have to create all the  
cards before copying the info.  I have fields, buttons, and graphics  
that need to be located in a certain place on each different form, so  
having the group placed on the card would mean that I would have to  
run the script to each card to accomplish that, right?  I really  
appreciate the suggestion.  And actually, I went ahead and built the  
standalone and the copying process was speedy (less than a minute for  
200 cards).  For some reason, it was just a problem with doing it in  
the revolution environment.  I also worked around my printing  
appearance issues by just printing to a pdf and then printing the  
pdf.  Not completely efficient, but I needed a quick solution and  
that was the one.  I'm still wondering why the problem occurs when  
revolution prints...
	Thanks for recommending Devin - he's actually one of main reasons  
why I use revolution and why I even started programming at all!  I  
gave him a ring as soon as I ran into my problems - but he's out of  
the office until the 22nd.  I was hoping he or one of you would read  
this and respond.   :)  And Devin, if you see this, I'd really  
appreciate it if you wouldn't schedule being gone right when I need  
advice :)

Thanks again!

Sharon

On Aug 18, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Jim Ault wrote:

>> And while we're on the subject - I am basically filling in a form and
>> then copying the filled in form to a new card.  This should be done
>> over 200 times, resulting in over 200 cards.  However, by the time I
>> reach 20-25 cards, the stack becomes VERY lethargic and even after
>> the script has finished (for 25 cards it takes about 1.5 minutes),
>> the stack is super super slow.  I don't have too many cards and I
>> should be able to have the 200 I want, right?  Any ideas on why it's
>> so slow?  It's basically just fields and buttons.
> <full post below>
> Quick reply, since I have little time this morning and am not  
> familiar with
> the printing issues in Rev.
>
> Point 1.  Design the fields and buttons on a card that you want to  
> use for
> all 200 cards and group them.  Now, while in pointer mode, select  
> the group,
> go into the inspector and choose "Behave like a background".  This  
> will mean
> that if you are in browse mode, looking at this card and choose  
> "New Card"
> from the menu, the new card will also have this group.
>
> At this point, the fields will be blank, since each card can hold  
> different
> information.  You may have a field that is a set of instructions  
> that you
> want to appear on every card and when you make a change, it will  
> change on
> every card.  To do this, go into pointer mode, select the group,  
> choose
> 'edit group', select the field, then in the inspector choose 'share  
> text'.
>
> You could already know this, but when you say 'copy the filled form to
> another card', this sounds like a counter-productive technique.  If  
> you want
> the field contents to be copied to the next card, I would suggest a  
> small
> utility script such as
>
>  repeat with x = 1 to the number of fields
>     put field x of the previous card into field x
>   end repeat
>
>
> To make 200 cards try
>
> repeat 200 times
>     lock screen
>     new card
>     repeat with x = 1 to the number of fields
>       put field x of the previous card into field x
>     end repeat
>   end repeat
>
> By the way, do know Devin Asay at BYU?  He is a very accomplished  
> Rev guy
> and does a lot to help others on this list.
> Devin Asay
> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
> Brigham Young University
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
> On 8/17/06 10:28 PM, "Sharon Stamps" <sharonstamps at byu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Here's my problem - I am setting up a stack and then printing all the
>> cards.  I have been testing the printing feature to make sure it
>> looks right before printing over 200 cards at a time.  As I have been
>> testing, parts of my card have gone missing - on one printout I have
>> a line in my table field, the next printout I don't;  I have an image
>> on the lower right hand corner that prints every time, but the group
>> of buttons to the left of it doesn't print out at all.  Between
>> printings I have changed the data I am importing, but nothing in the
>> stack itself.  (Although I did try to move the group of buttons to
>> see if I could get them to show up in the printout)  I didn't know I
>> would run into this problem and I need a solution ASAP!  Can anyone
>> help?
>>
>> And while we're on the subject - I am basically filling in a form and
>> then copying the filled in form to a new card.  This should be done
>> over 200 times, resulting in over 200 cards.  However, by the time I
>> reach 20-25 cards, the stack becomes VERY lethargic and even after
>> the script has finished (for 25 cards it takes about 1.5 minutes),
>> the stack is super super slow.  I don't have too many cards and I
>> should be able to have the 200 I want, right?  Any ideas on why it's
>> so slow?  It's basically just fields and buttons.
>>
>> Thanks a bunch in advance!
>>
>> Sharon
>>
>>
>> _____________
>> Sharon Stamps
>> Testing Specialist
>> English Language Center
>> Brigham Young University
>> (801) 319-7907
>> sharonstamps at byu.edu
>>
>>
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