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Upgrade to TExtraDevices 2.96 ignores my Autosize property if false, when printing as Text

rbuserrbuser
edited March 2005 in Devices
Hello,
After upgrading to TExtraDevices 2.96, I came up with the following problem:
Even if a dbtext has the AutoSize property to false, when printing as text
(dot matrix) the printed result shows me all contents of the dbtext,
resulting in shifting the following columns more to the right. For example:

1 Product 1 50.00 01/01/2005
2 Product with big description 40.00 01/01/2005

I overcame this problem by setting the Displayformat property to a fixed
number of characters, and it worked. But I have a big number of such
reports, and I'm just trying to realise if it's a version's new feature or
just a bug of 2.96
I didn't manage to find something similar in FAQ or Version history provided
by waler.com

Also, the alignment does not work very well either. So instead of a column
aligned to the right, I end up with a column like this

Price
---------
0.00
1000.25
0.00
0.00
1.55
?

Finally, when a report prints as text, and I have my printer set in 12 cpi
(the light is on at 12 cpi), it changes to 10 cpi before the report prints,
prints using 10 cpi,
and then after the report ends, the light goes back to 12 cpi! Have you any
idea why this may be happening!

Thank you in advance
Mirto

Comments

  • rbuserrbuser
    edited March 2005
    The Dot Matrix device never trimmed fixed size text. The dot matrix device would need to trim to the
    nearest whole character which may be different than the screen display. Since this digit may be significant,
    I thought the developer would be the best person to decide what to display.


    James Waler
    Waler Ltd
    http://www.waler.com
  • rbuserrbuser
    edited March 2005
    I understand displaying the last character if it does not totally appear on
    screen, but displaying the whole description? The screenshot from my
    previous example would be:

    1 Product 1 50.00 01/01/2005
    2 Product with big 40.00 01/01/2005

    and the folowing is what is printed:

    1 Product 1 50.00 01/01/2005
    2 Product with big description 40.00 01/01/2005

    which I'm pretty positive that it did not happen on previous versions! Extra
    proof that it first happened when I upgraded to 2.96!
    Are you sure that there are no changes in the new version that could be
    causing this problem ?

    Thank you for your quick reply!
    Mirto


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  • rbuserrbuser
    edited March 2005
    This has not changed. For your example it would seem easy to drop the characters.
    But what if it is a number?

    i.e. On screen the display is 400 and the device exports 40.

    Since the report can be designed with proportional fonts but the printer can only print
    fixed, this type of error is possible.

    James Waler
    Waler Ltd
    http://www.waler.com
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