I have 3 printing issues that I need to resolve …

1) Is it possible to query/set printer orientation ?

Previous discussion on this topic seems to suggest not.

2) Is it possible to calculate the line width/number of lines per page for a user selected non-proportional (Courier) font size without having to first print a page ?

PrintPageStatus can be used to retrieve the number of lines, but only if a page is printed.

3) Is it possible to set the colour of text to be printed ?

PrintSetBrush & PrintSetPen colours have no effect on text.

Brian,

If you haven't yet looked into the OIPI as an alternative for printing you may want to. Most if not all of what you are trying to do can be done.

dbakke@srpcs.com

SRP Computer Solutions

Don

I use OIPI. Do use think we may have to rewrite all out reports when jRev arrives?

Bob Watson

Bob,

That's the $64,000 question. If jRev supports Basic+ then I don't see why we would have to re-write our reports. But if jRev comes with some pretty nice printing features (or at leasts allows us to integrate more third-party utilities) then at least it would be a consideration.

dbakke@srpcs.com

SRP Computer Solutions

OIPI may solve my printing problems, but is not an option.

Can I take it that what I require is simply not possible in OI ?

Brian,

I'll let RevSoft make the final claim of impossibility. I just don't know the internal functions that well.

However, you might get some help by looking at the code in the PRINTSETUP SSP. This shows you how to change the default printer and how to detect which printers exist in the system.

Getting beyond this into the area of orientation and page size is tricky because you are communicating directly with the driver rather than Windows.

Printing text in color seems like it should be a doable situation, but again I don't know the Printer.DLL functions well enough to say for certain.

Don Bakke

SRP Computer Solutions

Don

Yes but there will be no OIPI for jRev I'm reliably informed…

Bob Watson

Bob,

Who was the reliable informant, Tony?

dbakke@srpcs.com

SRP Computer Solutions

Don

Yes it was Tony - is there something you could tell me about this?

Bob Watson

Bob,

I can't say anything yet, but I'll call him and get his technical perspective. My thought was that as long as we are running jRev on a Windows PC and jRev supports Basic+ then there ought not to be a significant issue here. Perhaps I'm being too simplistic about this but I'll let you know what I find out.

dbakke@srpcs.com

SRP Computer Solutions

Don

Thanks - I would like to have this clarified.

Bob Watson

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