[Gambas-user] Printing text vertically (using printing or gb.report)

[Willy Raets]

On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 10:04 +0100, Willy Raets wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a Dymo Label writer at work and need to print address labels.
> Thing is that the labels are in portrait and the text needs to be
> printed vertically instead of horizontally as it happens now.
> 
> I have tried with both printing and reports but don't manage to get the
> job done. Text aways gets printed horizontal and thus the addresses
> don't fit the width or the Dymo Label.
> 
> The size of the Dymo labels that need to be printed is:
> PaperWidth = 35.630555
> PaperHeight = 88.9
> Both sizes are in milimeters (mm).
> 
> I used to do this with reports from MS Access and there you can simply
> set the textlabels on the report vertically instead of horizontally.
> Didn't find a manner to achieve that with gb.report. Does that exist?
> 
> The project itself is a rebuilt in Gambas of MS Access clients apps
> currently used. I can't send the code because:
> a. it is too big a project
> b. it contains specific inside company information that is not meant for
> the public.
> I'll try and make a printed pdf of the result later today to show you
> what I mean.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 

Anyone any suggestion as I really need this to work somehow.

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