You're correct about having to scale on windows. Whenever I want to print at more than 72dpi, I usually scale the font sizes appropriately. But the default is, as far as I can tell, always 72dpi. I have written a few apps that print text and graphics and tested on several platforms and printers. So far the default always seems to be 72dpi. Up until this week I have never used StyledTextPrinter to print, though.
The weird thing about this particular problem is that if I remove the line of code that prints the editfield contents (stp.DrawBlock 40,40,150), everything works fine. It is all the stuff that is printed AFTER this line of code that gets messed up, and only on windows. Perhaps printing via StyledTextPrinter changes the print resolution on windows? If yes, why? Roger > From: Tim Hare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: REALbasic NUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:11:23 -0700 > To: REALbasic NUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: StyledTextPrinter on Mac and Windows - Bug or stupidity > > What is the resolution of the printer? At 600dpi, or even 300dpi, 12 point > text is awfully small. I don't use StyledTextPrinter, so I don't whether it > handles this for you, but for most printing on Windows, you have to scale > your font and coordinates based on the printer resolution vs. RB's internal > 72dpi. > > Tim > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >> Roger Meier >> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:18 PM >> To: REALbasic NUG >> Subject: StyledTextPrinter on Mac and Windows - Bug or stupidity >> >> >> This one has been driving me nuts all week. I have some code to >> print stuff >> that works fine on the Mac but not on Windows. I don't know if I stumbled >> onto a bug or if I'm doing something stupid. My app prints the contents of >> an EditField via its StyledTextPrinter method, followed by a >> bunch of other >> stuff printed via g.DrawString and g.DrawLine. While it works on the Mac, >> the stuff following the Editfield contents are not printed >> properly. If the >> Editfield contents are not printed, the other stuff prints just fine. >> >> I was able to replicate the problem in a small example project, and I'd >> appreciate it if someone working on windows can confirm what I'm seeing. >> >> To replicate the problem, create a new project and add an EditField >> (multiline property = true) and a push button. Add the following >> code to the >> action event of the pushbutton: >> >> >> Dim stp as StyledTextPrinter >> Dim g as Graphics >> g= OpenPrinterDialog() >> If g <> Nil then >> ' Print via StyledTextPrinter >> stp=EditField1.StyledTextPrinter(g,72*7.5) >> stp.DrawBlock 40,40,150 >> >> ' Print via DrawString >> g.TextSize = 12 >> g.TextFont = "System" >> g.ForeColor = &c000000 >> g.DrawString("This is printed via g.DrawString", 40, 200) >> End if >> >> When you run the program, add a line or two of text to the editfield and >> press the pushbutton. It is supposed to print the the editfield contents >> followed by "This is printed via g.DrawString" a little further down. This >> works absolutely fine on the Mac. On the PC, however, only the EditField >> contents are printed properly. The string that is printed via g.DrawString >> appears in the top left corner of the page in a very small size, too small >> to read. Furthermore, if the line >> stp.DrawBlock 40,40,150 >> is commented to avoid the Editfield contents from being printed, >> the string >> printed via g.DrawString is printed just fine the way it should. >> >> Can someone think of a reason for this? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: >> <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> >> >> Search the archives: >> <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/760 - Release Date: >> 4/13/2007 8:04 PM >> > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/760 - Release Date: 4/13/2007 > 8:04 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
