revPrintText/pageHeights broken in v2.8?

[Bill Marriott]

Richard,

I just tried your example stack in Report #4601 and had exactly the same 
(apparently correct) result printing both off-screen and hidden. I was able 
to test with two drivers: Adobe PDF and HP C3180. I'm using 2.8.0 build 370 
on Windows.

"Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote 
in message news:4613BF41.2050209 at fourthworld.com...
> 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.
>
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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