Purple squares from Printer.dll (OpenInsight Specific) [Revelation On-Line Wiki]

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At 04 MAR 1998 10:10:18AM Ron Hollar wrote:

OpenInsight Specific

I get a nice purple square on my HP Deskjet 870ce when it is set as my default printer and I run the following code:

hwnd=Get_Property( @window, 'HANDLE')

s=Print_Init( 0,'TEST BY RONH',hwnd)

x=PrintSetPen( 0,25,0)

x=PrintRect( 2,3,3,4)

s=Print_End()

Any ideas why?

If I add commands to print text, they are printed in black. Parameter 3 in PrintSetPen is documented as color, 0 should be black.

At 05 MAR 1998 10:04AM Tracy Graves wrote:

Hi Ron-

Does the color of the rectangle change if you change the color parameter of SetPen to something else?? I don't have the option of testing that particular thing..

Tracy

At 05 MAR 1998 10:07AM Cameron Revelation wrote:

Ron,

Any ideas why?

No … it may be the printer driver's interpretation of the brush/pen combination.

Cameron Purdy

info@revelation.com

At 05 MAR 1998 10:33AM Ron Hollar wrote:

Tracy,
  I am assuming that the color property is defined as 
color=red + (green * 256) + (blue * 65536)

Using][color=0 or 255*65536 gives purple

Using][color=255*256 or 255+(255*256)+(255*65536) gives a bluish purple

Using][color=255, 256 or 65536 gives a reddish purple.

I'm beginning to blush purple.

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