Thanks that's one to remember. FormatForPrinting overrides
windowBoundingRect.
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Raymond E. Griffith
> Sent: Thursday, 25 January 2001 6:00 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Subject: Backdrops
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>
> on Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:40:10 +1030 "Monte Goulding"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> perplexedly asked:
>
> > I still don't get what the formatForPrinting has to do
> with the
> > windowBoundingRect. This may override the property but
> surely changing the
> > windowBoundingRect would be the most obvious soloution.
>
> It isn't obvious, is it? Well, it had to be explained to me
> a couple of times.
>
> The windowBoundingRect is to prevent stacks from being off
> screen. So it looks at the screenrect, takes off for menu
> bars, and resizes your stack accordingly whether you like it
> or not. You can't set the windowBoundingRect to be larger
> than the screenrect.
>
> You can overcome this by typing into the message box:
>
> "set the formatForPrinting of this stack to true"
>
> It only has to be done once -- provided you save the stack.
> (I think.)
>
> This allows MC to understand that you intend to print the
> card.
>
> Why is this important? Say I want to print a letter from a
> card onto regular letter paper (say 8.5 inches by 11
> inches -- with apologies to our metric neighbors). You can't
> do it if the card won't open with enough height. The card
> would need to be 9 inches tall (9*72 = 648 pixels) assuming
> a 1-inch margin at the top and bottom. Now I generally use
> an 800x600 screen because the larger screen size makes the
> type too small for my eyes. The windowBoundingRect (which
> would set the height to about 580) is prevented by the
> formatForPrinting property of the stack. So the stack opens,
> partly off screen. And I can print it.
>
> I can't see another way around it unless Scott makes it
> possible to print the full size of groups or scrolling
> fields, etc. regardless of the window size. I have the
> feeling that he is moving in that direction, at least
> partially. But in the mean time....
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Raymond
>
>
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