Brilliant idea, Emmitt!! Let us know if this works for you, Marc. This may be an issue for me down the road with a client
David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emmitt Dove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Reports adjust top margin > Here's a suggestion: > > Start by getting an idea of just how many different vertical adjustments > you might need, and how many horizontal adjustments you might need > (hopefully this is a small number). Then, for the vertical adjustments, > put a region at the very top of the page header band, set to stretch, no > lines for the border. In the region place a variable image. Then create a > series of .bmps that are really just white space, of varying heights > dependent on the different vertical adjustments you need. The idea is that > each location using the app would experiment with the various blank image > sizes to get the vertical adjustment they require (you, of course, write > code for this) and then you store a value in your database indicating which > of the images worked. In the code that prints the report you set the > variable to that image and let it print. This will give you the same > vertical offset every time. > > For the horizontal offset it is messier. Here you need to create as many > versions of the report as you need horizontal offsets, varying the left > margin slightly in each. Again the location experiments with code you > write to assist, then you store the report name of the best fit. And since > each of these horizontal variants has the same vertical variant approach, > you don't need to multiply the number of horizontal and vertical > possibilities - you just have a number of report formats that represent the > vertical variants. It's easy to develop - there's really just one report > layout and you vary the left margin in the variants. > > > >It seems this is a problem for all > >software companies that print > >insurance claim forms. Companies > >like MediSoft. Lytec .... all have > >features that allow the doctors office > >to adjust the margins to account for > >the differences in printers. > > > >marc > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:16 AM > >Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Reports adjust top margin > > > > > > > At 09:01 AM 3/17/2005, Marc Shluter wrote: > > > > > > >But will the print still get moved up and down depending > > > >on the size of the top margin on each printer. I will > > > >not be able to test it and I would hate to send out a but > > > >update and have egg on my face. Of course that would not > > > >be the first time. > > > > > > > > > Marc, > > > > > > Yes, the print will get moved up or down depending on > > > RBG7.x Report Settings. > > > > > > You should always test everything yourself first! > > > > > > Very Best R:egards, > > > > > > Razzak. > > > > > > > > Emmitt Dove > Manager, DairyPak Business Systems > Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. > 40 Lindeman Drive > Trumbull, CT 06611 > (203) 673-2231 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
