[Gambas-user] Small printing question

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 17/05/2012 23:47, Johny Provoost a écrit :
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> Op 17-05-12 23:35, Benoît Minisini schreef:
>> Le 17/05/2012 22:10, Johny Provoost a écrit :
>>> In gambas2 is use 'Printer.NewPage'.
>>> I don't find anything similar in gambas3 in the paint section.
>>>
>>> Just want to eject the current page and going further with a new page.
>>>
>>>
>>> Johny Provoost
>>>
>> It does not work that way anymore.
>>
>> You specify the number of pages to print before calling the Print()
>> method on the printer object.
>>
>> If you don't know how many pages you must print, i.e. if you don't
>> define the Count property before calling Print(), then the Paginate
>> event will be raised until you define the Count property in it.
>>
>> In all cases, you can't print anymore without knowing how many pages you
>> will print before!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>
> thanks for the info.  A small disaster I think.  Hope I can at least
> printing the other pages with the same coordinate as the first one.   I
> have to find a way to know how many pages it gonna take (sometimes 2,
> sometimes 10).  Now it prints all the pages on one page.
> Strange, print-commands without a newpage.
> First get some sleep
>
> Thanks,
> Johny
>

Why can't you know how many pages to print before starting the printing?

Remember that the user must be able to choose which page(s) to print 
before sending them to the printer, so you can't layout your pages while 
printing anymore.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini