[Gambas-user] Paint.Begin(<object>) and printer.print

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 09/01/2013 11:11, Charlie Reinl a écrit :
> Am Dienstag, den 08.01.2013, 22:50 +0100 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
>> Le 08/01/2013 22:46, Karl Reinl a écrit :
>>> Salut,
>>>
>>> is that logical?
>>> For Paint.Begin(<object>) I need a device object.
>>> But if i start a printer with .print, Paint hijacks the printer as
>>> device.
>>> Had some day with blanc pages, while  setting Paint.Begin(<printer>) in
>>> printer_Begin().
>>> What worked when project is started as executable, but not when used as
>>> library.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, I don't understand a word. :-/
>>
>
> Ok, so I'll try to explain it in a another way:
>
> normally if you want to use Paint, you have to start with
> Paint.Begin(<Device>)
>
> Paint.Begin() needs the Device, to which it should paint.
>
> Paint is also used by the printer.
>
> The difference is :
> while for other devices you declare it in Paint.Begin(<Device>),
> the printer, becomes with  <printer>.print the painting device.
>
> That is what I call 'Paint hijacks the printer as device'

Yes, exactly like DrawingArea.

>
> And the problem is : if you call on <printer>_Begin() event a
> Paint.Begin(<printer>) that will work standalone executables ,
> but not in libraries.

You don't have to call Paint.Begin() in the Begin event handler. This is 
done automatically just before raising the event.

I don't understand what does not work in libraries.

-- 
Benoît Minisini