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Article #31161Re: Printing from Authorware apps
From: Dennis Wilson
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 12:04
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 12:04
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>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! +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dennis Wilson e-mail me about Accounting & Auditing | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | INTERNET : dionysiu@io.org | FAX 416 431 2597 | | INTERNET : adtw@cencol.on.ca | PHONE 416 439 7180 | | | ext. 2286 | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
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