PrintPaperRectangle

Paul Dupuis paul at researchware.com
Fri Jun 30 15:48:28 EDT 2017


On 6/30/2017 2:17 PM, Terence Heaford via use-livecode wrote:
> LC 8.1.4, MacOS 10.12.5
>
> Print Paper Rectangle returns 8,8,834,587 for A4 Landscape.
>
> This does not seem to match the description in the dictionary?
>
> "The printPaperRectangle property contains four comma-separated integers and is in points.
> The default value reflects the default values of the printPaperSize and printPaperOrientation.
> The four numbers represent the left, top, right and bottom of the rectangle being printed to.
> The rectangle is relative to the top-left of the page, and the left and top will currently always be 0.”
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this please.
>

Some printer can not print right to the edge of the paper. I believe
that the numbers you are seeing reflect the physical limitation on the
edges of this particular printer.




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