On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 10:44 +0100, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: > > Am 16.01.2014 10:30, schrieb Willy Raets: > > On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 10:04 +0100, Willy Raets wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I have a Dymo Label writer at work and need to print address labels. > >> Thing is that the labels are in portrait and the text needs to be > >> printed vertically instead of horizontally as it happens now. > >> > >> I have tried with both printing and reports but don't manage to get the > >> job done. Text aways gets printed horizontal and thus the addresses > >> don't fit the width or the Dymo Label. > >> > >> The size of the Dymo labels that need to be printed is: > >> PaperWidth = 35.630555 > >> PaperHeight = 88.9 > >> Both sizes are in milimeters (mm). > >> > >> I used to do this with reports from MS Access and there you can simply > >> set the textlabels on the report vertically instead of horizontally. > >> Didn't find a manner to achieve that with gb.report. Does that exist? > >> > >> The project itself is a rebuilt in Gambas of MS Access clients apps > >> currently used. I can't send the code because: > >> a. it is too big a project > >> b. it contains specific inside company information that is not meant for > >> the public. > >> I'll try and make a printed pdf of the result later today to show you > >> what I mean. > >> > >> Any suggestions would be appreciated. > >> > > > > Anyone any suggestion as I really need this to work somehow. > > > > It should be possible to make the page (pdf painting surface) landscape:
Are you talking gb.cairo component here as you mention a pdf painting surface as I haven't had a go at that. I was playing with the printer object and had a go with gb.reports. > > myPrinter.Orientation = Printer.Landscape > This suggestion sets me to think. The Dymo labels are in portrait in the Dymo label printer. So making a landscape label on a pdf surface and next print this in landscape (so actually giving the landscape design a twist to being printed in portrait) could do the job. I'am going to give this a try as soon as I am at work. > Does this help? It runs flawlessly here on my system... If it doesn't > react, try setting gb.qt4 instead of gb.gui for the components to load. > I had a problem here with it the other day, and I don't know if Benoit > has already fixed it. I'm using gb.qt4 in the project so that should be okay. I'll let you know if I managed to get it done. Thanks for the suggestion. > > Rolf -- Kind regards, Willy (aka gbWilly) http://gambasshowcase.org/ http://howtogambas.org http://gambos.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
