Re: Write Pro setting print options

2018-03-24 Thread Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech
OK so for anybody's who's interested ... It currently isn't possible to set these options in this way (i.e., when creating a document entirely in code). A workaround would be to do something like open a window containing a layout that contains a WritePro area, apply the modifications to that area,

Re: Write Pro setting print options

2018-03-23 Thread Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech
Hi Jeremy, Yes, WP USE PAGE SETUP is called after INVOKE ACTION. //Also remember that the 4D Write Pro area must have the focus when INVOKE ACTION is called. Therein may lie the problem. The document is being created in memory - it isn't on a form. So I guess it does not have the focus. So ...

Re: Write Pro setting print options

2018-03-22 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
Hello, WP PAGE SETUP over writes all current print settings with that of the write pro document, for the next print job. you should NOT use it when you are using regular SET PRINT OPTION to specify the paper and orientation.

Re: Write Pro setting print options

2018-03-22 Thread Jeremy French via 4D_Tech
Hi Pat, Have you tried calling the command WP USE PAGE SETUP *after* INVOKE ACTION? That is, the following call sequence works: INVOKE ACTION WP USE PAGE SETUP WP PRINT Also remember that the 4D Write Pro area must have the focus when INVOKE ACTION is called. Best regards, Jeremy > On Mar

Re: Write Pro setting print options

2018-03-22 Thread Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech
Nope ... as you pointed out, it's not a printing issue. It's a "saving the specified settings" issue. INVOKE ACTION isn't used at all in that HDI example. On 22 March 2018 at 15:02, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > perhaps the HDI demos might help: > >

Re: Write Pro setting print options

2018-03-22 Thread Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech
Thanks - there are so many places to look for commands that affect WritePro areas, I sometimes forget about that one :) is your question about the checkmark missing in the contextual popup menu? Yes, that is one part of the question. Unfortunately this still doesn't work. I am creating documents

Re: Write Pro setting print options

2018-03-22 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
Hello, the commands is your question about the checkmark missing in the contextual popup menu? SET PRINT OPTION is a printing command, to change the document size of the Write Pro doc itself, I think you need to INVOKE ACTION