Richard, I just tried your example stack in Report #4601 and had exactly the same (apparently correct) result printing both off-screen and hidden. I was able to test with two drivers: Adobe PDF and HP C3180. I'm using 2.8.0 build 370 on Windows.
"Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yesterday I'd written: > >> It seems that there may be a problem with the pageHeights property in >> v2.8. I'm still pinning down the source of the problem, but have any of >> you found that revPrintText is printing with some lines missing between >> pages? >> >> If so, can you verify that this worked correctly in earlier versions? >> >> Do any of your own print routines which rely on the pageHeights property >> work well in v2.8? > > I've since found the source of the problem: If the stack being printed is > hidden, the rendering of the printed page will yield unpredictable > results. In some cases no text will appear, in other cases (such as my > tests using revPrintText via Rev's File->Print Field menu item) the > resulting printout will have lines missing between pages. > > None of this was reproducible in v2.7.4. > > I've logged a bug report at: > <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=4601> > > The workaround is to move the window offscreen rather than hiding it. If > moved offscreen but still visible all printing tests I've done get good > results. > > It might be helpful to have input from others on this issue, since it's > still unclear to me whether the problem is in the buffering of the window > or something to do with the pageHeights property. If you've found any > anomalies with printing hidden windows in Rev in v2.8, or have had missing > lines in printouts using revPrintText, please consider adding your recipes > to that BZ report. > > Because RunRev remains had at work on updates to v2.8, timing may be > critical in seeing this addressed sooner rather than later. So if you've > discovered printing anomalies like these please take a moment to post your > recipe to that report at your earliest convenience. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.FourthWorld.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
