Printing in LC 7.0.3

[Paul Hibbert]

Wow, WTG RR. Hanson confirmed this already!

Paul

> On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:54 AM, Paul Hibbert <paul at livecode.org> wrote:
> 
> Terry (and List Users),
> 
> This bug is reported now:
> 
> http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14814
> 
> There is a sample stack attached to the report if anybody wishes to do further testing and add comments or observations.
> 
> From the tests I tried (after several suggestions from list members in this thread), I found the quotes made no difference, however, the [into pageRect] part of the print command does seem to be where the problem lies.
> 
> Removing the [into pageRect] part allows the defined area to print, then as a partial workaround, you can set the printMargins to determine where on the page the image prints, but, unfortunately you do lose the ability to print a defined area of the card into a different size area on print, effectively scaling the printed result.
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:04 AM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
>> 
>> If you actually tried it and it doesn't work then it's a bug.  But the doc examples aren't the same thing you're doing, they are using a direct reference while your code is putting a value into a variable. 
>> 
>> When I get to my Mac I'll try a few things. I'm AFK right now. 
>> 
>> On March 5, 2015 9:33:13 AM CST, Terence Heaford <t.heaford at icloud.com> wrote:
>>> It doesn’t.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here are examples from the documentation for print
>>> 
>>> print stack "Output" into 100,100,450,410
>>> 
>>> print this card from 0,0 to the mouseLoc
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All the best
>>> 
>>> Terry
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 5 Mar 2015, at 15:26, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So before I'd report this as a bug, I'd see If using the required
>>> syntax fixes it.
>>> 
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