I would like to see some examples of how folks are printing in MetaCard.
I already have the Print Report Generator, but I'd like to see some
other examples too. I'm interested in seeing how folks print (and
paginate) not only a plain text variable (should be pretty easy) but
also how you'd print cards that have multiple fields of mixed types,
including scrolling fields.
In my experiments, techniques that print fine on a Mac have problems on
Windows because the textheight in Windows is not the same between the
screen fonts and the printer fonts. This being the case, it appears
nearly impossible to calculate page breaks accurately without clipping
the bottom line or two. Not only that, but every Windows font is
apparently a little different. What works for one font or size won't
work for another.
Anyone have examples they'd like to share? Printing is such a basic
function for almost every application, that I'm astounded that this
isn't built into MetaCard already. Certainly at least basic print
functions should be native. We should at least be able to send a plain
text block to the printer without building a printing window and writing
pagination scripts.
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