ListMagic Printing

Jerry Daniels jerry.daniels at me.com
Tue Feb 17 17:34:20 EST 2009


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Best,

Jerry Daniels

Daniels & Mara, Inc.
Makers of GLX2
http://www.glx2.com

On Feb 17, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:

> Jerry! Good job!
>
> I think you also nailed the problem with the Visual Application  
> Browser losing track of which card was the present one. The error I  
> was getting before is no longer occurring. WOOT!
>
> Bob Sneidar
> IT Manager
> Logos Management
> Calvary Chapel CM
>
> On Feb 17, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Jerry Daniels wrote:
>
>> Bob, Jim...
>>
>> GLX2 v2.4b33 is now available. Problem with execution errors within  
>> locked stacks fixed. General handling of execution errors much  
>> improved.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Jerry Daniels
>>
>> Daniels & Mara, Inc.
>> Makers of GLX2
>> http://www.glx2.com
>>
>> On Feb 15, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking the time be more explanative. As a result, I  
>>> was able
>>> to duplicate the problem. It is due to a combination of factors:
>>>
>>> 1. Running LMPrint from the message box.
>>> 2. Running GLX2.
>>> 3. A bug in one ListMagic's print formatting handlers.
>>>
>>> The spinning beach ball is coming from GLX2 trying to report an  
>>> error coming
>>> from a locked stack (I'll let Jerry know). Disabling the revGLX2  
>>> Code plugin
>>> results in a Rev error that says it can't tell you exactly what it  
>>> is
>>> because the stack is locked. But there is no hang. Lastly, the  
>>> cause of the
>>> error in the first place being the bug in one of ListMagic's print
>>> formatting handlers.
>>>
>>> I'll release a update within the next couple of days that will  
>>> correct this
>>> as well as some other minor issues reported.
>>>
>>> Once again, thanks for taking the time to report the problem.  
>>> We'll get
>>> corrected in short order.
>>>
>>> Jim Bufalini
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
>>>> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Robert Sneidar
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:15 AM
>>>> To: How to use Revolution
>>>> Subject: Re: ListMagic Printing
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jim. Sorry didn't mean to come off that way.
>>>>
>>>> I used the lmprint command from the message box. I got the page  
>>>> setup
>>>> and print dialogs ok. I chose Format For and chose a local  
>>>> printer on
>>>> the network. When I got to the print dialog I clicked the Preview
>>>> button. It was at that point I got the Printing dialog and the
>>>> spinning beach ball. That went on for over a minute at which  
>>>> point I
>>>> treid to cancel. It then changed to cancelling printing but never
>>>> actually did. I didn't try again. I had to quit Revolution which  
>>>> i did
>>>> via the keyboard. Every attempt to open a card containing a  
>>>> listmagic
>>>> object after that threw errors so I had do delete the listmagic
>>>> objects and scriptingi can try again and see if I get the same
>>>> problem. I will say that I had recently used the VAB in GLX2  
>>>> which I
>>>> have had problems with so let me reproduce the error and get back  
>>>> to
>>>> you.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Sneidar
>>>> IT Manager
>>>> Calvary Chapel CM
>>>> Sent from iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 13, 2009, at 20:52, Jim Bufalini <jim at visitrieve.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone tried to print from Listmagic yet? I tried to use the
>>>>>> Preview option in the OS X print dialog and it basically locked  
>>>>>> up
>>>>>> with a dialog that said it was printing but never really did.
>>>>>> Cancelling did not cancel. I had to quit Revolution to get out of
>>>> the
>>>>>> loop. When I did that, clicking gave me the "don't do that!"  
>>>>>> system
>>>>>> beep, but oddly I could use the keyboard and the Revolution  
>>>>>> Menu so
>>>> I
>>>>>> was able to quit gracefully.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I only mention this to warn people so they do not get hung up  
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> this or produce a commercial app and then have their users run  
>>>>>> into
>>>>>> this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, that's a stern warning. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you tell me what happens if from the Action tab of ListMagic  
>>>>> you
>>>>> click
>>>>> on the Actions menu on the upper right and select Print. You  
>>>>> should
>>>>> get a
>>>>> Page Setup screen. Select Portrait and OK. You should get a nicely
>>>>> formatted
>>>>> Test list of the sample data.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you use the LMPrint command described in the Syntax tab of
>>>>> ListMagic to
>>>>> do your print? The LMExport also works nicely from this menu.
>>>>> Basically you
>>>>> need to use the handlers provided with ListMagic in your app.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Bufalini




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