revPrintText/pageHeights broken in v2.8?

[Richard Gaskin]

Yesterday I'd written:

> It seems that there may be a problem with the pageHeights property in 
> v2.8.  I'm still pinning down the source of the problem, but have any of 
> you found that revPrintText is printing with some lines missing between 
> pages?
> 
> If so, can you verify that this worked correctly in earlier versions?
> 
> Do any of your own print routines which rely on the pageHeights property 
> work well in v2.8?

I've since found the source of the problem:  If the stack being printed 
is hidden, the rendering of the printed page will yield unpredictable 
results.  In some cases no text will appear, in other cases (such as my 
tests using revPrintText via Rev's File->Print Field menu item) the 
resulting printout will have lines missing between pages.

None of this was reproducible in v2.7.4.

I've logged a bug report at:
<http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=4601>

The workaround is to move the window offscreen rather than hiding it. 
If moved offscreen but still visible all printing tests I've done get 
good results.

It might be helpful to have input from others on this issue, since it's 
still unclear to me whether the problem is in the buffering of the 
window or something to do with the pageHeights property.  If you've 
found any anomalies with printing hidden windows in Rev in v2.8, or have 
had missing lines in printouts using revPrintText, please consider 
adding your recipes to that BZ report.

Because RunRev remains had at work on updates to v2.8, timing may be 
critical in seeing this addressed sooner rather than later.  So if 
you've discovered printing anomalies like these please take a moment to 
post your recipe to that report at your earliest convenience.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Media Corporation
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