Printing Error OSX RELEASE LiveCode 6.7 DP5

[Terence Heaford]

Reported

bug 12961

All the best

Terry


On 24 Jul 2014, at 18:12, Paul Hibbert <paulhibbert at mac.com> wrote:

> Terence,
> 
> I can confirm this, it's the same in LC 7.0 (dp7) too.
> 
> One other problem I noticed is that the page orientation doesn't work in LC 6.7 or LC 7.0
> 
> I added a field to check the printRotated status.
> 
> This script works fine in LC 6.6.2, but not in LC 6.7 or LC 7.0
> 
> on mouseUp
>   put the printRotated into fld 1
>     answer page setup as sheet
>     if the result = "cancel" then
>        exit mouseUp
>     end if
>   put cr & the printRotated after fld 1
>     answer printer as sheet
>     if the result = "cancel" then
>        exit mouseUp
>     end if
>     print this card
> end mouseUp
> 
> Are you going to report this as a bug?
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> On 2014-07-24, at 12:16 AM, Terence Heaford <t.heaford at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> When I open the print dialogue box in release 6.6.2 and print preview it works, albeit very slowly, as previously reported.
>> 
>> In 6.7 DP5 the speed of print generation has improved but when I print preview via the system dialogue box it opens the printer instead of opening the preview app.
>> 
>> Can someone else confirm this please.
>> 
>> 
>> Here is the script I use:
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>>     answer page setup as sheet
>>     if the result = "cancel" then
>>        exit mouseUp
>>     end if
>>     answer printer as sheet
>>     if the result = "cancel" then
>>        exit mouseUp
>>     end if
>>     send "printChart" to group "generalChart"
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> 
>> “printChart” basically calculates tPrintRect then "print card from topLeft of me to bottomRight of me into tPrintRect”
>> 
>> 
>> All the best
>> 
>> Terry
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