Dear MetaCard developpers,
Count me in the list of those who think that MC users should be able
to print directly from MetaCard. A software that has, as one of it's
main goals, the sharing of data, should be able to print that data as
it appears on screen or through a report template in an intuitive manner.
I have subscribed to the list one week before I got MetaCard and I'm
disappointed in that area of printing because I see myself probably
spending more time scripting printing routines than developping the
stacks them selves.
If MetaCard Corp. wants to make their software more attractive to
HyperCard users, make it at least a little better than HyperCard at
printing. If they want to make MetaCard a more attractive AND complete
software, add strong and intuitive report features to it.
Just an idea: I would love to be able to import PDF pages in a
background as a printing template on top of which I would only have to
place transparent fields. Print marked cards and boom! High quality
reports! If you ever do it... MC will be selling itself by this
feature alone in the pre-press industry.
(Have I heard well about Apple developping PDF based display
postscript at system level?)
Am I too optimistic about future new printing capabilities in MC?
I'm a long time Hypercard user that likes the object based graphics of
MC, I want to print them along with styled text with one command!
If nobody inside or outside MC Corp. can build some professional
printing in MC, then, please somebody make a decent Print Field with
automatic pagination.
Thank you to all subscribers of the list for their interesting and
usefull information.
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* Gaetan Trudel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Conseiller technique, pr�-presse �lectronique/
* Technical Adviser, Electronic Pre-Press
* Litho Acme Inc., 85 de Castelnau W., Montr�al, Qc, Canada H2R 2W3
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