On Mar 19, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Jenny M wrote: > Yes, for the most part the columns will line up, but I'll need some > headers, footers, and some dividers. So if I have two sets of data, > I'd want a header, then one set, then another, then a footer. I do > understand the need to keep track of data for pagination. > > I was thinking of trying WebKit, I haven't looked at it yet. Is there > a way I can just write all the info into an HTML view, not displayed > to the user, and call print? That would really help with automatically > figuring out column placement! >
You should be able to. Also, remember that text views do support tables, so that might work for you as well. The Apple docs also discuss custom pagination. The example I just updated and posted on my iDisk and pointed to the original poster draws each desk in a separate page (on screen they’re all in a scroll view). So it does custom pagination. > Aha, you're that Scott. I have your book open in Oreilly now. :) Glad > to know you're here! I was that Scott. Now I’m at Apple, so that Scott is no more. Erik lurks here though. I just happened to be the criminal that wrote that chapter in the book. The Alternate pagination example may also be convertible, I don’t even remember what it does. The big issue is the nibs moving to xibs. you need to do that manually. And make a new project and copy all the source over. > Thanks, > Jenny > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Scott Anguish <sc...@cocoadoc.com> wrote: >> >> On Mar 18, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Jenny M wrote: >> >>> Sorry, no answer, I'm just having a similar issue. I need to print >>> columns of text, and all the examples I see indicate a manual creation >>> and placement of EACH line of text in an NSRect inside the view. ... >>> Is there really no better way to place objects in the view? >>> >>> >> >> if the columns of text match line for line, why not use two NSTextViews side >> by side? You’ll still likely need to handle pagination, but you don’t have >> to draw each one. >> >> A WebKit view may also be another option. >> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
