[Gambas-user] Small printing question

[Johny Provoost]

Op 18-05-12 12:42, Fabien Bodard schreef:
> 2012/5/18 Johny Provoost<johny.provoost at ...27...>
>
>>
>> Op 18-05-12 00:04, Benoît Minisini schreef:
>>> Le 17/05/2012 23:47, Johny Provoost a écrit :
>>>> 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,
>>>
>> After some sleep I found a way.  It's a list of addresses.  I can count
>> the records, and I know there can 28 records on one page, so just some
>> mathematics and that's ok.  Just have to figure out if I got to start
>> over with my coordinates (as with a new page) or that I that I have to
>> count further form the top of page 1.
>>
>> Layout before your printing?
>
> gb.report ?
>
>
That's what I was thinking about.  Got to study it first and as I become 
60 this year it took some time :>)

Johny