Printer options

[notuo]

Hi.

Silly things but useful.

Print setup (or in options) have the chance to add the filename also. Now you have the date by default

Also to select a printer font

Also to paginate the output.

I use a text editor for all the printing because of this.

Regards,

[notuo]

Well.

I encounter this thing again. Search and found this post.

Karlis. Any chance to do this?

Regards,

[pjafrombbay]

I've just posted on this topic in the support section of this forum and had NO response (except from myself ). Clearly there are only three of us users who need this feature.

Regards,
Peter

[Nikolajs]

We will try add this to our todo list.

[pjafrombbay]

We will try add this to our todo list.

Nikolajs,

Thank you!

Peter

[Will Fastie]

+10. +100.

I guess this fell off the To Do list in 2011.

Just being able to set the font and size would be enough, but if the standard Windows dialog is used there are many options available.

[pmk65]

If you look at the TPrintDialog (Using Aivar's Plugin Script Tree Plugin, you'll notice that it's very limited, and doesn't have support for headers/footers etc.)

I think Blumenthals will have to implement an extended printdialog or something like this: http://yacs.lebeausoftware.org/TaeRichEditInfo.html

"The TaeRichEdit Component is a full-featured TRichEdit analogue. It supports Rich Edit 2.0 & 3.0 character and paragraph formatting; provides OLE support (including embedded graphics); expands printing options to include headers, footers, and border lines; and much more. The Borland C++ Builder (no Delphi) source is included. The component is free for non-commercial use."

The above page also contains a lot of useful info in the "Papers" section, about TRichEdit and how to print the content.

Another option, is to create a Plugin that uses ActiveX to transfer editor content to MS Word. Then the printer output is done by MS Word, which has support for Headers/Footers etc.

Simple example that prints current page using MS Word.:

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    var fname = Document.FileName;
    if (fname == "") fname = Document.FtpFileName;
    var data = Editor.Text;

    var objWord = CreateOleObject("Word.Application");
    objWord.Visible = false;

    objWord.Documents.Add();

    var ActiveDocument = objWord.Documents(1);

    // Add Header
    var Header = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range;
    Header.Text = fname;
    Header.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = 0;      // 0 = left, 1 = center, 2 = right
    Header.Font.Name = "Arial";
    Header.Font.Size = 12;

    // Add Footer
    var Footer = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Footers(1).Range;
    Footer.Text ="My Custom Footer";
    Footer.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = 0;      // 0 = left, 1 = center, 2 = right
    Footer.Font.Name = "Arial";
    Footer.Font.Size = 12;

    // Add pagenumbers to footer
    ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.Add(2, true); // 0 = left, 1 = center, 2 = right

    // Insert text from editor
    var rng = ActiveDocument.Range(0, 0);
    rng.Text = data;
    rng.Select();

    // Activate print dialog
    ActiveDocument.PrintOut();

    objWord.Documents.Close(0);
    objWord.Quit();

The example uses the filename for the Header, and a custom text/page number for the Footer.

[Will Fastie]

I think Blumentals will have to implement an extended printdialog

I guess I should be clear about what I think is necessary.

1. Expand header to include pathname of file being printed and page number. Retain date, which is important. This part is very easy - Rapid already knows how to put the date in the header.

2. Allow choice of font size.

The big problem is that the display font is used for printing. I'd like to see the font selection in Preferences | Text Editor enhanced so it can set a different size for the screen and printer. It's clear Rapid can handle a different size for printing because if you select a different display size the printed output changes as well.

[Aivars]

I'll add +2 to the existing suggestions about font size and header customization. I guess it's difficult to make printing on printer exciting, which is why these tweaks don't get picked up.