Ha - I didn’t pay sufficient attention. In the LC Dictionary for ‘open
printing’ it says:
> Important! Any printing options, such as setting print spacing and margins,
> must be set before the open printing statement. Any options which are set
> after it will be ignored.
So, mea maxima culpa.
Graham
I just wrote:
> Wow! It worked! I did not get an extra page, and so I got what I wanted.
>
> At first sight, I couldn't see the functional difference between my code and
> yours., then I realised that you set the printMargins BEFORE your ‘open
> printing’ statement, and I’d set them afterwards. I suppose to the engine
> this is somehow logical. I will see if a clarifications needs to go into the
> LC Dictionary.
>
> Thanks - wonderful!
>
> Graham
>
> PS This was using LC 7.0.2 rc-2 on a Mac with Yosemite 10.10.2
>
>
>> On 24 Feb 2015, at 01:29, Paul Hibbert <p...@livecode.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 1:00 AM, Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am trying to understand how to generate a PDF which has exactly the same
>>> dimensions as the object which is being ‘printed’
>>
>>
>> Try this…
>>
>> set the printMargins to 0,0,0,0
>> set the printPaperSize to the width of this card,the height of this card
>> open printing to pdf specialFolderPath("Documents") & "/mytest.pdf" -- or
>> Wherever
>> print this card
>> close printing
>>
>> It works for me in LC5.5.5 to LC7.0.2(rc2).
>>
>> Paul
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