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

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 16.01.2014 10:55, schrieb Willy Raets:
> On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 10:44 +0100, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
>>
>> Am 16.01.2014 10:30, schrieb 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.
>>>
>>
>> It should be possible to make the page (pdf painting surface) landscape:
>
> Are you talking gb.cairo component here as you mention a pdf painting
> surface as I haven't had a go at that. I was playing with the printer
> object and had a go with gb.reports.

No, not Cairo, but you can print into pdf with the printer object, too. 
I admit, that was a bit of a wrong expression. It's what I use it for 
exclusively: Just printing into a pdf, then using the pdf-loading 
function to show a preview or simply copying the pdf to the printer. 
Fast, easy...

>
>>
>> myPrinter.Orientation = Printer.Landscape
>>
>
> This suggestion sets me to think. The Dymo labels are in portrait in the
> Dymo label printer. So making a landscape label on a pdf surface and
> next print this in landscape (so actually giving the landscape design a
> twist to being printed in portrait) could do the job. I'am going to give
> this a try as soon as I am at work.

Yes, sometimes things can be tricky :-)

>
>> Does this help? It runs flawlessly here on my system... If it doesn't
>> react, try setting gb.qt4 instead of gb.gui for the components to load.
>> I had a problem here with it the other day, and I don't know if Benoit
>> has already fixed it.
>
> I'm using gb.qt4 in the project so that should be okay. I'll let you
> know if I managed to get it done. Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>>
>> Rolf
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