Pretty printing library

[agraham]

Never one to shirk a challenge I buckled down to it and got a threading workaround sorted. Version 1.4 attached has a new CopyImageToClipboard function!

I presume it paste's the bitmap where the current cursor is on the page?

Yes. If the source image was originally a jpg you may have to fiddle its' dpi setting or resize it to get the result you want. See post #11 onwards in this thread http://www.basic4ppc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1349

[markbarrett_1]

Hi,

Originally Posted by agraham

Version 1.4 attached has a new CopyImageToClipboard function!

I think you've added in the wrong help file for the dll. Can you confirm and repost please.

Thanks.

Cheers.

M

[markbarrett_1]

Hi,

Just implemented Landscape, LeftMargin, RightMargin, TopMargin and BottomMargin properties and they work perfectly...

Many thanks.

Cheers.

M

[agraham]

Originally Posted by markbarrett_1

I think you've added in the wrong help file for the dll.

I did. Sorry. Slip of the mouse - they are adjacent files in the folder! Reposted on original link above.

[markbarrett_1]

Hi,

Now printing images out of the database Very simple and gives great results

What would be very nice is if you can move the cursor to some arbitary location on the printed page, do your paste of the bitmap and then set the cursor to the top of the page where normal text handling can happen with normal print report logic.

Thanks.

Cheers.

M

[agraham]

Originally Posted by markbarrett_1

What would be very nice is if you can move the cursor to some arbitary location on the printed page, do your paste of the bitmap and then set the cursor to the top of the page where normal text handling can happen with normal print report logic.

Sorry, that's not possible. The page layout is done at print time according to the margins and page size specified. Until then the contents of the RichTextBoxDesktop are just a linear stream of text and formatting commands so there is no way to predict where information will be printed on the page and hence no way to position the cursor at an arbitrary page location.

[agraham]

Version 1.5 attached tidies up pasting from the clipboard slightly. The help about the paste methods is clarified and a new PasteText method pastes only unformatted text.

[markbarrett_1]

Hi,

Originally Posted by agraham

Sorry, that's not possible.

Oh well....Its a great library none the less...With clever form design, you should be able to do most things.

Cheers.

M

[Woinowski]

Just like Hardware.DLL and HardwareDesktop.dll

If I had the resources I would compile one myself. It would be a good workaround for an IDE bug: (http://www.basic4ppc.com/forum/showt...=8649#post8649)

[agraham]

Is a device dummy possible?

Post again if Erels' change in the next release doesn't fix the problem and I'll do it then when I have the time.