Many, many thanks. I all makes sense now. Best regards,
Roel Op 03-02-16 om 16:59 schreef Rolf-Werner Eilert: > What I meant is the Return command. Sorry, somewhat unfocused... > > Somewhere you start, e. g. in a Sub Start (). There you collect your > data and stuff and build the printer object, e. g. myPrinter. > > Then you say myPrinter.Print which will jump to Sub myPrinter_Begin(). > > Now you have everything running except the actual printing. But you can > already measure how long your table will be and so on. When you know how > many pages will result, you say myPrinter.Count = > numberOfPagesToBePrinted and it will automagically jump into Sub > myPrinter_Draw() as many times as pages are needed. > > While printing, if you want to end the page, within myPrinter_Draw(), > you can say > > Return > > when you want to stop before the codes ends anyway to stop this page. > But I don't need this anymore, as my new code will stop painting the > table at the right line anyway. Then printing is ready for this page, > and myPrinter_Draw() will end itself. > > Regards > Rolf > > > > Am 03.02.2016 16:22, schrieb Roel Touwen: >> Hi Rolf, >> >> Sounds easy, but (maybe a stupid question) but where do I send the return? >> >> Grtz >> >> Roel >> >> >> >> op 03-02-16 16:19, Rolf-Werner Eilert schreef: >>> Basically, I think that is easy here: Just send a Return when the "last" >>> row has been reached, and it will leave the printing and start a new page. >>> >>> Still, you have to define the number of page to be printed in order to >>> be able to start printing. >>> >>> That makes it somewhat... errr.... ;) >>> >>> Rolf >>> >>> Am 03.02.2016 16:05, schrieb Roel Touwen: >>>> Hi Rolf, >>>> >>>> In my software I print invoice, lists, whatever..... When I print >>>> invoices I print the lines with a function which calculates where it has >>>> to print on the page: >>>> >>>> Public Sub PrintAt(Row As Float, Col As Integer, Txt As String) >>>> >>>> txtWidth = Draw.Font.TextWidth(txt) >>>> txtHeight = Draw.Font.TextHeight(txt) >>>> PosY = Row * 162 >>>> posX = Col * 55 + 50 >>>> Paint.DrawRichText(Txt, PosX, PosY, txtWidth, txtHeight) >>>> >>>> End >>>> >>>> Now I want to skip to the next page when variable Row exceeds a value. >>>> But somehow I cannot find how I can skip to the next page. So what I am >>>> realy looking for is the addpage function which was available in gambas 2. >>>> Whe I fiddled arount in my code by telling there were 2 pages, the >>>> content on page 2 was nog cleared, e.g. it was the same as on page 1. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Grtz >>>> >>>> Roel Touwen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> op 03-02-16 15:57, Rolf-Werner Eilert schreef: >>>>> Hi Roel, >>>>> >>>>> The way printing is managed in Gambas3 is completely different in one >>>>> way: You have to tell the number of pages beforehand, then printing runs >>>>> automatically page for page. There is one help page that gives a rough >>>>> overview. >>>>> >>>>> Why do you want to clear a page? Your code will have to check what to >>>>> print on each page while it is printing, and you cannot stop until all >>>>> pages have been printed. >>>>> >>>>> In my case, the problem was how to print tables of random length. >>>>> Gambas2 was "simple": The program just printed a table line for line, >>>>> then initiated a new page when the table had reached the lower edge. >>>>> >>>>> Now I found this solution for Gambas3: The table will start at a given >>>>> position on the page. There are functions that I could use to measure >>>>> the exact height of each table line. It sums up until it finds it will >>>>> hit the lower end, then save the number of this line in a list, go on to >>>>> the next end of page and so on... After measuring and counting, the >>>>> number of entries in the list will tell how many pages are needed, and >>>>> printing can be started. >>>>> >>>>> I found that the new way of printing is way faster than the old one. It >>>>> is in fact so fast that I could simply print into a temporary pdf file, >>>>> then use this file for a preview. When the user hits OK, this pdf is >>>>> sent to the printer. >>>>> >>>>> On the other hand, I had to re-think a number of functions and when this >>>>> will happen before that etc., and still haven't completely finished :) >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Rolf >>>>> >>>>> Am 03.02.2016 12:03, schrieb Roel Touwen: >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm converting software from Gambas 2 to 3. Printing seems to be very >>>>>> very different in Gambas 3. >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone a sample of printing more pages? So also clearing the page >>>>>> etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for now. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Roel >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance >>>>>> APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month >>>>>> Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now >>>>>> Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. 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