>> I have a script that splits a report into multiple pages and tries to >> print them one by one. I have a single field that displays the data, >> then I have tried various ways to get the pages to print. I want to >> queue all the pages and have them all print at once. >> >> My basic script is: >> >> repeat with x = 1 to tPageCount >> displayPage x >> print this card >> -- revPrintField the long name of fld "Report" >> -- revPrintText the htmltext of fld "Report", , ,the long >> name of fld "Report" >> end repeat >> >> As you can see, I have tried using revPrintField and revPrintText but >> had to settle on "print this card". >> revPrintField and revPrintText both worked the first time, but after >> that, they only printed the last page. >> "print this card" seems to work every time, but I have to resize the >> stack while printing, and it seems slower. > > Did you wrap the printing commands in "open printing" and "close printing" > commands? That controls whether the job is sent to the printer all at once > or not.
Yes, I did. Forgot to include that section of my script. > I'm not sure why it isn't working, but the way I usually do it is to move > the field contents to an invisible printing substack. The substack is set up > to contain only the elements that should print; if all you want is the field > contents, then your print stack would be a single card with a single field > on it. Size the stack and field correctly for the paper and just save it > into the main stack that way. This has the advantage that you can also set > the field's text properties however you want, even if they are different > from the original field's properties. When you want to print, move the field > contents to the field in the print stack. Then open printing, displayPage x, > print the card, repeat. When done, close printing. I guess I'll have to try something like that. I was hoping to have a sort of controller stack which gave a live preview of the printout with all the controls available there on the same stack. Since revPrintField & revPrintText are not working for me, I have to resize the card in order to shrink it to the print area only, so printing doesn't look as slick. > This has always worked fine for me. RevPrintField is indeed supposed to > manage pagination, so I'm not quite sure what's happening with that. Wonder > if the script got changed lately. Pagination is not a problem, but I want to do it myself so I can add page numbers & titles to each page. Cheers, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
