You are just slowly coming to the same conclusions I did, apart from the fact
that this is an Apple bug, not a LC bug, I'm sure if you continue with LC6.7.3
you will see the same problems occur, I just tested it again and saw the same
problem, and in LC 5.5.5 too. It also happens in Apple's own Pages app.
In my long reply I did explain one reliable way to use the print system by
reversing the order that the dialogue boxes are shown, try it and I'm sure you
will find it works fine, but it's just not so intuitive! Although at least in
LC you can do it that way.
on mouseUp
answer printer as sheet
if the result is "Cancel" then exit to top
answer page Setup as sheet
if the result is "Cancel" then exit to top
print card
end mouseUp
I'm also quite confident the print "into rect" will be working in the next
release, so that should overcome your original problem, but I'm also equally
confident the issue you are seeing right now can't be fixed by LiveCode,
however, I couldn't find a bug report to cover this issue, so I'll submit one
just to see what LiveCode's answer is, and to see if there is any chance of a
fix.
As a point of interest, take a look at Apple's latest Preview app, the Page
Setup is combined with the Print dialogue, I hope LC will have the option go
the same way soon.
Happy LiveCoding :)
Paul
> On Mar 22, 2015, at 4:20 AM, Terence Heaford <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> On 22 Mar 2015, at 11:06, Terence Heaford <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> How can I ensure that the default printer is showing in the Page Setup
>> Dialog Box?
>
>
> There appears to be a bug in LC 7’s implementation of the Page Setup Dialogue
> Box.
>
>
> On LC 6.7.3 if you select a printer in the Page Setup Dialogue Box that
> selection is retained the next time you open it.
>
>
> On LC 7.0.3 if you select a printer in the Page Setup Dialogue Box the
> selection is not retained as next time you visit it it says “Any Printer”
>
>
> This may only apply to Mac, as I have no means of testing on other systems.
>
>
> All the best
>
>
> Terry
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