jbv wrote:
>
> > andu :
> >
> > > MetaCard can send any data using sockets but the html formatting with
> > > images and all that must be done by other app.
> > >
> >
> > You can also generate HTML pages "on the fly" through MC scripts and
> > send those pages using sockets...
> >
> > JB
> >
>
> Still on the subject of generating code "on the fly" through MC scripts,
> I'd like to insist on a feature I'd really like to see in further versions
> of
> MC (I already mentioned it a couple of weeks ago, but surprisingly
> nobody reacted to it) : the possibility to download the content of a
> handler (textfield, script, custom property, variable...) to any PS
> printer
> available on the network (just like you send data to a "socket").
> The idea is to generate "on the fly" PostScript or PDF files and send the
> data to a PS printer, and thus increase MC printing capabilities by
> several
> orders of magnitude. Of course, this feature should be available on all
> platforms (AFAIR it's already available on the Unix version of MC).
Talking to the printer is the easy part, generating "on the fly" PS or
PDF would imply MC has a built-in interpreter for that language. On UNIX
platforms there is Ghostscript which is a "free" PS interpreter (and it
sucks) and the only way to print more then text, but licensing anything
from Adobe must be a fortune.
> I'm not sure how many other MC users would be interested in that
> feature, but believe me : you can achieve wonderful printings.
> And you don't even have to master PostScript programing : this feature
> also allows you to download ready-made PDF or PS files (from Illustrator,
> Photoshop...).
>
> JB
>
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