Hi Craig - nah, just tried and doesn't work in my situation. I'm creating
multipage PDFs which requires the use of "print break" between each card, and
if I don't "close printing" between reports the PDFs are corrupted (I suspect
only one page of each reports gets printed and then something goes awry). I
think I'll try automating a batch-based approach.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Terry...
On 24/10/19, 7:16 am, "use-livecode on behalf of dunbarx--- via use-livecode"
<use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Terry.
Do this. Should be instantaneous:
on mouseUprepeat with y = 1 to 5put yourPathName && y into jobPathopen
printing to pdf (jobPath & ".pdf")print this cardend repeatclose printingend
mouseUp
You should get five PDF's in a flash.
Craig
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Cc: Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: Slowdown when printing to PDF in a loop
Hi Craig - yes, I open and close printing for each report. I might be wrong
(I’ve been using variations of the same printing routine for ages) but I seem
to recall that I was unable to successfully or reliably create separate reports
unless I closed printing after each one.
Terry...
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> On 24 Oct 2019, at 12:53 am, dunbarx--- via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.
> Are you repeatedly using "open printing to PDF"?
> Craig
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 22, 2019 9:11 pm
> Subject: Slowdown when printing to PDF in a loop
>
> I'm printing a whole bunch of PDFs (multipage feedback reports generated
by populating a series of cards with individualised data - mix of text and
graphics) and it starts off fast and then inevitably slows down - a lot. While
it might start off printing say 14 reports per minute after a few minutes it's
down to only 2 or 3. When you're printing 350 reports that obviously takes some
time. I'm wondering whether there is something I can try to 'clear the pipes'
every few minutes to speed the process up a bit? I've had some success in the
past splitting the data up into batches and looping through one batch at a time
but it would be great (or at least simpler) not having to do that.
>
> Any ideas? I'm on a Mac BTW, so I'm not sure whether this is a
cross-platform issue. LC 9.0.5.
>
> Terry...
>
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