RE: Pages per Sheet setting for open printing to pdf
Thanks for the reply Jacquelin. However I was using revPrintText to print HtmlText via open printing to pdf. I would like to pdf print the equivalent of 2 A4 pages on 1 A4 sheet. Any ideas how this would work? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Pages per Sheet setting for open printing to pdf
On 12/16/11 2:55 AM, gmcrev wrote: Thanks for the reply Jacquelin. However I was using revPrintText to print HtmlText via open printing to pdf. I would like to pdf print the equivalent of 2 A4 pages on 1 A4 sheet. Any ideas how this would work? I haven't done much with that command, but you could try setting the printScale to 0.5 before you print. That should scale the output by half. It may not give what you want though, since the width of the text block may also be half. Experiment. It's possible to do what you want, but probably not using the rev library calls. For custom print output the usual way is to handle the entire process yourself. The rev library is convenient for quick printouts, but its script just uses commands that are available in the engine and which you can use yourself. (The script snippet I posted could be easily changed to open printing to pdf, btw.) I'll readily admit that printing in LiveCode is a pain, but you can do just about anything with it if you're willing to script everything. The usual method is to create a printing substack that is never shown, but serves as a template for printouts. The template contains fields and any other objects that need to print. A script opens the template invisibly, repeatedly fills the fields with text (or in this case, htmlText,) prints the template card, and repeats until printing is finished. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Pages per Sheet setting for open printing to pdf
On 12/15/11 8:28 PM, gmcrev wrote: I am wondering whether it would be useful to request for a new command that would set the number of pages per sheet for printing. ie. 2 A4 pages would be reduced and printed on 1 A4 page. I can't seem to find any livecode commands to do this. You can use the into rect form of the print command: print this card into l,r,t,b -- put some pixel numbers there Printing into a specified rectangle automatically scales the card image to fit. You'd need to calculate the rectangles that encompass the top half and the bottom half. Then open printing, print one card into the top rect, the second card into the bottom rect, then print a break. The break forces a new page. Pseudo-sorta-code: put 18,18,594,374 into tTopRect put 18,380,594,752 into tBottomRect open printing -- with dialog, if you want print card 1 into tTopRect print card 2 into tBottomRect print break -- repeat that for each pair of cards close printing -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
