Just a thought... An odd work-around...
Couldn't you make an image of the layout that you wish to print, then print the image? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hershel Fisch Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:14 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: open printing with dialog -- Windows equiv? On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 03:15 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > That bug already has my 5 votes. Sorry, bugzilla won't let me give it > more (believe me, I tried). Also, that bug does not correctly address > this issue. > > I can't really use revPrintField as my layout is a highly complex > multipage layout which needs somewhat precise positioning, including > "tables" and images. While enhancments will be I hope that all of them will be included. > > For now, I filed this as bug #2492 (and voted for it). I guess I'll > have to work on other parts of the project until this is resolved. > > And here we were shooting for a February release. Not if this isn't > resolved by then. It's a real show-stopper. > > Oh, and let's not vent too harshly at Rev for this -- even though Rev > could definitely be improved in this area, it seems to me that Windows > is primarily at fault here. Using different font metrics from screen > to printer is downright stupid. Anything to make our lives more > difficult... > > Anyone know if it's possible to trick Windows into using the screen > metrics when printing? That would be a nice trick. How about a new > global property in Rev called > "alwaysPrintWithScreenMetricsDespiteSillyOperatingSystemConventions" > (or a shorter version thereof). LOL..................HA HA, good. Hershel > > > > On Dec 23, 2004, at 2:06 PM, Hershel Fisch wrote: > >> Sorry to say , I think the whole printing lib needs to be enhanced. I >> definitely think that every body should give there full vote for it . >> http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=1619 >> when it comes to business applications with out these enhancements >> you are dead........ >> besides that , its a shame , RR a tool with every thing to it, >> capable , easy and so on should lack a main feature and an important >> one like this, especially with many competition out there >> Hershel Fisch >> On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at 04:27 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. >> wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Okay, I finally got around to trying this, but it doesn't work. I >>> followed these steps as closely as I possibly could, but I still get >>> strange printouts from Windows (XP is bad, 2000 is pathetic), and OS >>> X printouts still look great. >>> >>> The biggest issue (perhaps the only one left) with XP printing is >>> that text at the right edge of a field does not print. In other >>> words, the field is x units wide, Rev allows the line of text to be >>> x+y units wide, and the extra y pixels get cut off instead of >>> wrapped. The field is multiline and other lines below that one do >>> exist. >>> >>> In W2K (the real manifestation of what some people thought Y2K would >>> be ... though an overall improvement over its predecessors, I >>> think), the printouts show extra blank lines in the middle of a >>> field, some lines wrap prematurely after a word or two, and so >>> forth. >>> >>> >>> Oh, and I just recently figured out the problem with the "Preparing" >>> stack: it was topLevel, and hidden behind my modal dialog (which was >>> a sheet in OS X, so not a problem there...) Oops! Fixed by >>> displaying it as a palette. >>> >>> On Nov 23, 2004, at 12:43 PM, Jan Schenkel wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Frank, >>>> >>>> The thing with formatForPrinting is that you shouldn't >>>> change the content of the stack after setting this >>>> property to true, or the formatting will be off. >>>> So the best option is to set the data,; next you set >>>> formatForPrinting false and then back to true ; next >>>> you save the stack, close and reopen it ; and then >>>> print it. >>>> As for your 'preparing' stack not showing up : is it >>>> possible you're running that part of the script inside >>>> a lock/unlock screen pair ? >>>> >>>> Jan Schenkel. >>> - ----------------------------------------------------------- >>> Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual >>> $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" >>> John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten >>> Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have >>> everlasting life. >>> $ >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) >>> >>> iD8DBQFByebf7aqtWrR9cZoRAoRAAJ4ysvxA2s6GpEmHfFeEwduxbggrbgCfbHWa >>> F9uOT9hB2wDOLvqmx/DheSE= >>> =MkHr >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________ >>> $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer >>> 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. >>> Signup at www.doteasy.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-revolution mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> > - ----------------------------------------------------------- > Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual > $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" > John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten > Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have > everlasting life. > $ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFByyd37aqtWrR9cZoRAm+TAJ9nygP7VT1O93DeaUvlK5mVvHszrACfeF8w > gQ95HNhFeAUoJ5l5OzUbhws= > =dDcS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
