PRINTING IN RUNREV 2.9

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Thanks for the direction, Bill. I can understand what you saying, and  
am sympathetic; but feel "newsletters" should not be where  
clarifications and requirements are to be found. Hey, we don't all  
have time to read every little thing that rev puts out. We're usually  
focused in on the problem at hand. If this info is not to appear in  
the documentation, at least a link or warning should appear their.  
Hopefully, as you say, it will work when I follow the suggestions in  
the Newsletter.

Joe Wilkins

On Apr 28, 2008, at 5:44 AM, Bill Marriott wrote:

> Joe,
>
>> revShowPrintDialog does nothing. The Dialog that pops up using Answer
>> Printer does not allow the selection of page size or orientation.
>> Bummer!
>>
>> I did, once, see the correct Page Setup Dialog; don't know what I did
>> but I was trying most everything under the sun.
>>
>> It's pretty obvious that the rev printing commands just do not work
>> with 2.9. I'm pretty sure they did with 2.7.4; maybe 2.8.1 as well.
>
> Did you read the recent newsletter article on printing and coding  
> for 2.9?
>
> http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/april/issue46/newsletter2.php?id=NW46S526933
>
> There are flags you can set for choosing whether you receive the  
> system
> print dialog or Rev's. When I followed the steps above without  
> specifying
> any options at all, I was able to specify the paper size and  
> orientation. I
> received both a page setup dialog and a Print dialog. The page setup  
> screen
> allowed for direct setting of both those options. They were  
> available via
> the "Preferences" button on the Print dialog.
>
> You may need to "set the systemPrintSelector to true" to see the  
> Page Setup
> dialog box you want. Don't forget there are tons of other print option
> properties like printPaperSize and printPaperOrientation.
>
> Printing is easy in the sense you can accomplish it with a single  
> command.
> It's complicated in that there are new commands, dozens of options,  
> tons of
> different print drivers, three platforms, and therefore countless
> permutations. This is why it's essential if you find it's not  
> working as
> expected to read the newsletter article to make sure you're issuing  
> the
> proper commands, and file a bug report to correct any problems.
>
> - Bill