Thanks everyone I think the override Top Margin would be best, at least for my problem. Even if RBTI could do this I still need something now, because it will be months before I could try to update them to 7.x.
The problem with trying to print the Entire form is they use a special red ink. Thanks Marc > ask them to let you override the Top Margin in the > OPTION clause of the PRINT COMMAND: > > PRINT HCFA1500 OPTION TOP_MARGIN .256 --- Lawrence Lustig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I even tried page mode but I kept getting blank > > pages > > between the printed pages. > > By far the easiest solution, and one that would > provide a competitive advantage to your product, > would > be to print the ENTIRE form, not just the filled in > items, on blank paper. > > Some report writers (I'm not sure about the R:Base > one) let you use BMPs as a background or "watermark" > for the report page -- using that technique you > could > scan in a HCFA form, and then print it out again as > an > exact image, with the boxes filled in. > Alternatively, > you could simply recreate the form with the correct > fonts and formatting as a report. > > Either way, you would be assured of perfect forms > each > time, and be able to tell your clients they would > save > heaps on buying preprinted forms. One client, very > resistant to moving from DOS to Windows, took their > first baby step when we showed them how they could > replace their expensive, pre-preprinted, multi-part > invoices with plain paper. > > If you can't print the whole report, then you have a > bigger problem. Because of the issues you cited, > you > won't be able to solve it by simply including X > number > of reports -- you will always find printers that > won't > fit one of your preformated reports. > > I think you would have to ask RBTI for an > enhancement. > The easiest to implement and use would probably be > to > ask them to let you override the Top Margin in the > OPTION clause of the PRINT COMMAND: > > PRINT HCFA1500 OPTION TOP_MARGIN .256 > > Then, you could include a calibration routine in the > database that would print the report with a variety > of > margins. When the user found one that worked, you > would store that margin away and use it whenever you > print the report. > -- > Larry > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster > http://search.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com
