On 12/16/11 2:55 AM, gmcrev wrote:
Thanks for the reply Jacquelin. However I was using revPrintText to print HtmlText via open printing to pdf. I would like to pdf print the equivalent of 2 A4 pages on 1 A4 sheet. Any ideas how this would work?
I haven't done much with that command, but you could try setting the printScale to 0.5 before you print. That should scale the output by half. It may not give what you want though, since the width of the text block may also be half. Experiment.
It's possible to do what you want, but probably not using the rev library calls. For custom print output the usual way is to handle the entire process yourself. The rev library is convenient for quick printouts, but its script just uses commands that are available in the engine and which you can use yourself. (The script snippet I posted could be easily changed to "open printing to pdf", btw.)
I'll readily admit that printing in LiveCode is a pain, but you can do just about anything with it if you're willing to script everything. The usual method is to create a printing substack that is never shown, but serves as a template for printouts. The template contains fields and any other objects that need to print. A script opens the template invisibly, repeatedly fills the fields with text (or in this case, htmlText,) prints the template card, and repeats until printing is finished.
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