On Aug 12, 2006, at 7:21 AM, Lennox Jacob wrote:
That is not what I was looking for, what I really want to do is to
make it done from the App.
I was afraid that was what you were attempting to do.
OK this is what I wanted to do:
A Pushbutton called "Adjust Margins" is clicked and a window named
MarginAdjustments is brought up.
MarginAdjustments has two StaticFields Top and Left and and their
coprresponding Editfields Top and Left.
The user inputs the value he/she desires and closes
MarginAdjustments window.
What happens now is that the complete output to the printer has its
left and top margins adjusted accordingly.
Obviously, the changes will have to be made in the apps preference
file.
Why all of this?
OK some lab forms are distributed as pads to the users and when
these forms are printed sometimes the data is not aligned (Top and
Left) as the previous pad and a little adjustment has to be done.
By doing it from the App is it much easier for the user, and
everything else is done in the background.
Any suggestions?
Without seeing the actual code in your printer routine it is hard to
guess at the correct code. It can be done but you will have to do all
the layout setup yourself and use the DrawString routines in the
Graphics class.
The offsets can be coded into it and set,saved and read as
properties. You can read the margin properties of the printer and use
these values in your code to calculate the offsets. It's a bit of
work but it is feasible.
If you wish, you can send me your project (off list) and I'll look at
it as time permits.
Terry
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