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        Reply to:   RE>Re: Printing from Authorwar
How do you print a variable in APM?

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Date: 6/1/94 8:16 PM
To: s sara
From: Authorware Professional
>APW and APM are limited in their ability to print. You can only print a
>screen.
>
>There is a PRINT.UCD for the Windows version that allows printing of
>text and includes the ability to print a text file. You cannot print graphics.
>There is very limited formatting capability.
>
>Calling JumpPrintReturn produces an annoying transition as it goes to the
>application to print from. As far as formatting and graphics are concerned,
>this is the best alternative, but it is ugly to the user and is essentially
>useless to touchscreen apps since there is a print dialog box (not that I am
>limiting my apps to touchscreen.)
>
>
>Are there other alternatives? I'd like formatting capability (fonts, emphasis,
>etc) and I'd like to bypass the print dialog box. (Is this dangerous?)

Here's a simple solution I use.  First I create the file (say junk.txt) and
store it in some handy location.

When I want to print, I read the file into a variable, then print the
variable.  It's simple, but it works!
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