OK. So make it part of your system specs. My customers have to own pc- Anywhere... no one has ever objected.
Ben On 12 Mar 2004 at 13:53, MIKE wrote: > The Brother HL 1850 allows adjustment of X and Y displacement > In pixel units, when using Epson emulation. Works great in > Rbase for DOS. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:16 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: HCFA headaches (reports) > > Marc, > > Given this, why not make a particular form (maybe a list of vendors) > and a list of acceptable printers part of your software specs? > Printers are cheap and there can't be _much_ variance in the cost of > forms. > > Ben Petersen > > > On 12 Mar 2004 at 9:53, marc schluter wrote: > > > 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 > > >
