oops, i forgot that I asked this question :( (un)luckily I still have this nagging feeling i'm doing things wrong :)
the printable area is not the printRectangle, and when I test that by making a rectangle the size of the card while the card is the size of the printRectangle, i get a large right- as well as somewhat down-shifted printouts. i'm still interested in a more precise/different way to find out the actual width and height of what I can print into (assuming flexibility with allowing any settings to change). This is my current approach: put item 3 of the printRectangle - item 1 of the PrintRectangle - item 1 of the printMargins - item 3 of the printMargins into myEffectivePrintWidth put item 4 of the printRectangle - item 2 of the PrintRectangle - item 2 of the printMargins - item 4 of the printMargins into myEffectivePrintHeight I somewhat suspect the printgutter to maybe shift this around.. haven't tested that tho. On 10.06.2013, at 21:51, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 6/10/13 10:24 AM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm trying to print a kind of report, and am weirded out by all the >> different rectangles and widths that are available (printRectangle, >> printPaperRectangle, printPaperSize, printMargins, etc.) >> >> All I want is the printable area, so I can set the width and height >> of my stack to that amount, then print the first card. >> >> It seems that the below lines produce an approximation amount, but >> it's not completely correct. The approach also so weirdly backwards >> and roundabout! I guess my question is, isn't there any way to get >> the same or a better result more easily? >> >> put item 3 of the printRectangle - item 1 of the PrintRectangle - >> item 1 of the printMargins - item 3 of the printMargins into >> myEffectivePrintWidth >> >> put item 4 of the printRectangle - item 2 of the PrintRectangle - >> item 2 of the printMargins - item 4 of the printMargins into >> myEffectivePrintHeight > > All printers include areas of the paper that they can't print on. Usually > that's about a quarter inch on the sides and a half inch at the bottom and > sometimes the top, but each printer is different. The printRectangle gives > you the actual area that the printer is capable of printing to. > > The printMargins add extra space to that area, so you don't want any > printMargins. Set all the printMargins to zero. > > Method One: > > If the card objects are not exactly at the edges of the card, then the card's > blank space will also be added to the printout. If you want objects to appear > exactly within the printer's available area, place card objects at the very > edges and top of the card. Usually that means you need to make a separate > stack just for printing because in the real stack it looks bad. > > After all that is done, you can just print directly using the printRectangle > to determine the size the card should be: > > set the rect of this stack to the printRectangle > > Set the printing stack's visibility to false so that the user can't see it > move to the top left of the screen. You'll probably want to rearrange the > objects at the edges of the newly sized card before printing. > > Method Two: > > Alternately you can print the card "into rect" and use the printRectangle as > the target rect. This won't require a separate printing card. That is easier > but this method will resize the card objects, which may or may not be what > you want: > > print this cd from the topLeft of firstObject to the bottomRight of > lastObject into rect the printRectangle > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Use an alternative Dictionary viewer: http://bjoernke.com/bvgdocu/ Chat with other RunRev developers: http://bjoernke.com/chatrev/ _______________________________________________ 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
