[Gambas-user] Drawing

[Timothy Marshal-Nichols]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gambas-user-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:gambas-user-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Benoit
> Minisini
> Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:03
> To: gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] Drawing
>
>
> On Thursday 04 May 2006 11:27, Timothy Marshal-Nichols wrote:
> > > > If a kind people could make a little example of printing, I will
> > > > put it with
> > > > the other Gambas examples :-)
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Benoit Minisini
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: gambas-user-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > [mailto:gambas-user-admin at lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of javier
> > > romero
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 03 May 2006 21:55
> > > To: gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: RE: [Gambas-user] Drawing
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi, I try to run your example in Gambas 1.0.15, but it does'nt works.
> > > The first time say me the form is not proper to use in this
> > > version. After that when run, no buttons appers, only the tab
> > > stripan there is not way to probe the example.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Javier
> >
> > The example printing project was created in Gambas 2. This what Gambas 1
> > does to any Gambas 2 project ? not just this project. You may
> have guessed
> > this, as the attachment name was ?Printing.Gambas2.V0.0.1.tar?
> >
> > In general when you open a version 2 project in version 1 you need to:
> > 1.	Save every file again. This includes every class, form and
> module. You
> > properly also need to save the hidden .project file.
> > 2.	On a form Gambas 1 and Gambas 2 use different method of positioning
> > controls. You will need to move the controls and resize the
> form. See the
> > comments in the emails for "Incorrect property value"
> > However I have saved you the trouble of doing it in this case as I have
> > attached a Gambas 1 version to this email. This is called
> > ?Printing.Gambas1.V0.0.2.tar?
> >
> > I have made a few small changes to the example. But they are
> only changes
> > to the comments ? not to the code. This is called
> > ?Printing.Gambas2.V0.0.2.tar? .
> >
> >
> >
> > ALSO I ASKED A QUESTION IN MY ORIGINAL EMAIL. I WAS HOPING FOR
> AN ANSWER. I
> > THINK THIS IS A BUG WITH GAMBAS VERSION 1 AND 2:
> >
> >
> >
> > There is one problem. This is with the drawing of a SVG file.
> When you call
> > Draw.Drawing it always draws the SVG file at the same size. For
> example the
> > following:
> > 	Draw.Drawing(SVGDrawing, 10, 10, 110, 110)
> > and
> > 	Draw.Drawing(SVGDrawing, 10, 10, 210, 210)
> > produces drawings at the original size of the drawing. The help says you
> > setting the width and height should scale the drawing. Setting the width
> > and height appears to have no effect. This means when printing
> you always
> > get a thumbnail whether you want it or not.
> >
> > (You could convert to a Picture, then a Image, then scale, then
> print. But
> > this would not scale very well for printing.)
> >
> > At first the thought this was just a problem with the version
> of gambas I
> > was using (1.9.17). But I also created a version of this project in the
> > stable version Gambas 1.0.15. The problem also appears to be in that
> > version also. So now I am now thinking the bug is in both
> versions 1 and 2
> > of Gambas.
> >
> > Try out the example. In ModulePrinting look at the procedure
> PrintDrawing.
> > If you uncomment the line Draw.Rect... you can see the size the SVG size
> > should print out at.
> >
> > 8-{)} Timothy Marshal-Nichols
> > <mailto: timothy.marshal-nichols at ...247...>
>
> Do the new Draw syntaxes of 1.9.32 meet your needs? Can you update your
> printing examples with them?
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoit Minisini
>
>
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Looks like a nice change. Many thanks for your time and effort.

I shall update the example ASAP.

Thanks

8-{)} Timothy Marshal-Nichols
<mailto: timothy.marshal-nichols at ...247...>