printPaperRectangle & LC7

[Paul Hibbert]

Thank you for the notes, I have tried setting the defaults, but unfortunately it still can't do what I need, I have 5 different printers and all but two have very different paper margins.

I realise now that it's not LC's fault when things go awry, but at least I found an odd workaround for the current problem by calling the Page Setup after the Print dialogue, it's a bit klunky, but at least everything lines up correctly that way.

I've had notice today that the print card… 'into pageRect' should be fixed in LC7.0.4-rc-3 which is currently awaiting build.

Paul

> On Mar 23, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Terence Heaford <t.heaford at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> I think I’ve figured out how to make the settings stick and with the correct dimensions:
> 
> There is some poor dialogue box design from Apple involved so please be patient while I try to explain.
> 
> Firstly open a Page Setup Dialogue Box.
> 
> There is a pop up menu at the top titled Settings which has 2 items in it.
> 
> 1. Page Attributes
> 2. Save as Default
> 
> Select all the settings you require:
> 
> Orientation
> Paper Size
> Scale
> 
> and choose your printer in Format For:
> 
> DO NOT PRESS OK YET
> 
> Now go to the popup menu titled Settings and select “Save as Default”
> 
> Now Press OK.
> 
> You can now quit LiveCode.
> 
> Reopen LiveCode and print using something like:
> 
> on mouseUp
> 
>   answer printer as sheet
>   if the result = "cancel" then
>      exit mouseUp
>   end if
> 
>   send "printChart" to group "generalChart"
> 
> end mouseUp
> 
> I have found that LC/Printer has maintained it’s settings from the previous session.
> 
> I suspect that using the Page Setup Dialogue Box to apply settings to different printers will result in those being applied if you select a different printer in the answer printer dialogue box.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> 
> Terry
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