Hi Richard, > Am 14.02.2020 um 18:13 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > Klaus wrote: > > >> Am 14.02.2020 um 17:53 schrieb Richard Gaskin: > >> Do you have another image showing the PDF output where any portions > >> of any column are right-aligned while other columns are left-aligned? > > > > oh my, how embarrassing! :-/ > > Sorry, obviously I did look too long at my picture, you are of course > > completely right, all columns are left aligned. > > No worries. With me it's useful to double-check. As you know from the > forums, I often get busy and reply after reading just the last few posts, > which puts myself at a disadvantage of critical info was included earlier in > the thread. I've done that more than a few times. :)
now as you mention it... ;-) > >> If you do that would seem a deeper issue, perhaps in the engine, > >> since nothing in revPintingLibrary currently supports differing > >> column alignments. > >> Indeed, based on what we can read in the code, adding the one line to > >> set the tabAlign resolves the issue. > > > > No, after applying your fix, the right aligned collumn is completely > > gone/not printed!? > > > >> In your case, bringing the last tabstop in a bit, or perhaps adding a > >> trailing tabstop after the ones you have in place, should account for > >> the additional margins present in the print stack to have that last > >> column visible. > > > > I added a dummy tabstop after my right aligned third column, but that > > did not change anything. > > > > I have a workaround with "print this cd", so lets wait and see what > > the mothership says... > > Shouldn't be needed in this case. I need a solution now, so I will use print this cd for the moment. > The revPrintField command is just script, and we know that printing the card > directly does what we want. Now we just have to identify the differences > between the field on your card and the field in the offscript printing stack > revPrintField creates and we can put a fix in your hands right now, and leave > the engine team focused on the engine. > > One difference I see is that the margins of the printing field in the PDF > appear larger, leaving less room for content. > What happens if you set those margins to 0? Then everything looks like it should! But who has a marginless printer? 8-) So what shall I do now to make my stack work correctly with revprintfield? > If that doesn't solve it feel free to email me the stack you want to print > and I'll see what scripting needs to be added to revPrintingLibrary to handle > it well. I added my stack to the bugreport! <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22574> > -- > Richard Gaskin Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
