[Gambas-user] Printing colors in PDF

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

That was the thought I had before I went to sleep :)

There is even a dialog I made for organizing, so I could extend it to 
somewhat more useful.

Regards

Rolf



Am 15.07.2018 um 08:37 schrieb Fabien Bodard:
> Thats the reason why I've done my own configuration dialog for reports
>
> Le dim. 15 juil. 2018 00:02, Gianluigi <bagonergi at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bagonergi at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>
>     Configure opens the configuration window and printing is based on
>     the configuration given by the user.
>     But now I'm going to sleep.
>     Goodnight
>
>     Gianluigi
>
>
>     2018-07-14 23:53 GMT+02:00 Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-sse at osnanet.de
>     <mailto:rwe-sse at osnanet.de>>:
>
>         Hm. I find it strange because when printing into a file, there
>         should be no driver for a specific printer involved. But
>         ".configure" perhaps is not resetting everything to default
>         but leaves a few settings from the printer previously chosen.
>
>         Regards
>
>         Rolf
>
>
>
>         Am 14.07.2018 um 23:46 schrieb Gianluigi:
>>         It's not strange, if your printer is configured forgray scale
>>         printing...
>>         Leaving out configure, you get the default configuration.
>>
>>         Regards
>>         Gianluigi
>>
>>         2018-07-14 23:34 GMT+02:00 Rolf-Werner Eilert
>>         <rwe-sse at osnanet.de <mailto:rwe-sse at osnanet.de>>:
>>
>>             I found something: When I leave out .Configure like you
>>             did, and define everything including the PDF file, then
>>             it prints colors.
>>
>>             Strange though...
>>
>>             Rolf
>>
>>
>>
>>             Am 14.07.2018 um 23:01 schrieb Gianluigi:
>>>             This code work to me.
>>>
>>>             Public Sub Button1_Click()
>>>
>>>               With Printer1
>>>                 'If you insert configure you can see the printer
>>>             configuration :-)
>>>                 '.Configure
>>>                 .Orientation = 0
>>>                 .Paper = 2
>>>                 .Resolution = Desktop.Resolution
>>>                 ' Output in tmp folder
>>>                 .OutputFile = "/tmp/print_test.pdf"
>>>                 .Print
>>>               End With
>>>
>>>             End
>>>
>>>             Public Sub Printer1_Draw()
>>>
>>>               Paint.FillRect(20, 30, 700, 1000, Color.Red)
>>>
>>>             End
>>>
>>>             Regards
>>>             Gianluigi
>>>
>>>             2018-07-14 21:53 GMT+02:00 Rolf-Werner Eilert
>>>             <rwe-sse at osnanet.de <mailto:rwe-sse at osnanet.de>>:
>>>
>>>                 Currently I try to make up a simple printing into
>>>                 PDF for a program. It would be fine if I could print
>>>                 colored squares, but from a first trial I only got
>>>                 grays:
>>>
>>>                 Paint.FillRect(randLinks, randOben, 1000, 1000,
>>>                 Color.Red)
>>>
>>>                 Any hint what might go wrong? This is on my laptop,
>>>                 and the only printer driver installed is for a
>>>                 grayscale laser printer, but printing into a file
>>>                 (PDF) shouldn't be affected by this, should it?
>>>
>>>                 Thanks for your ideas!
>>>
>>>                 Rolf
>>>
>>>
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