New topic in Getting Started: Laying out a form without printing it
Bud - Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:08 pm <http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=22826> Hi to all! I have an application where I must layout a form and then print it after filling in the blocks with an array of data. At this point, I have to have the form layout code and the data entry code all in one method. What I would like to do is put the form layout code in one method and then the data in another. In this way, I can call the layout and then fill in the data. However, if I read correctly, whenever the layout method looses scope, the form prints. In VB, there is a NEWPAGE and ENDDOC and it you layout a form and don't declare the ENDDOC, the form stays put until you have entered what you want datawise and issue the ENDDOC. Under my understanding of REALBasic, I don't see how I can have a multi-form document because if the data array calls for it, I can't call a new form without it printing before the second load of data is entered. The documentation I have doesn't say a whole lot about printing. I am using the graphics drawline/drawstring functionality to create and print my form. Is there another way that I am missing that would do what I want to do? Thanks for any insight provided!! Bud -- Over 900 classes with 18000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v8.1. <http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml> [email protected]
