At 1:26 AM -0500 14/8/1999, Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:
>Dave Cragg wrote:
>
>>>And should I put off the task of
>>>developing some nasty printing trickery that I know I have to do in
>>>the next few days/weeks/months?
>
>Given the zero response to my question last week about printing, either
>no one prints in MetaCard besides you and me, or no one is willing to
>talk about it. I'm inclined to believe it's the former, because printing
>capabilities in MetaCard are basically nonexistent. Or maybe it's just
>that the code you have to write to get anything out on paper is so ugly
>and tortuous that no one is brave enough to share it.
Hi Jacqueline
I think you're being a little harsh on Metacard. It offers more
printing support than many other programming/authoring tools.
I rarely have a need to print anything from Metacard. For my own
needs, I prefer to export data and print from a word processor. My
"printing trickery" comment was a reaction to a client's requirements
rather than a comment on Metacard's abilities. I'm sure the task
would be a slog in other programming tools too.
Our printing needs are probably so varied that it would be hard to
agree on even a basic set of printing features that could be
considered essential. In general, I'm happy with "print card" and
using invisible substacks for printing needs. If the Windows size
problem could be solved, and perhaps a little more help in getting
text/field measurements so we can paginate scrolling fields more
easily, then I'll be more than content.
Regards
Dave Cragg
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