I needed to print hidden data in columns. So I searched the Metacard archives, and the solution offered was to use HTML. I am well versed in HTML as I run several websites, but the TABLE tags failed, and I'm assuming that Metacard only recognizes rudimentary HTML. Is there a list anywhere of what it recognizes? I had added in the TD tag width and alignment. <TD ALIGN=center WIDTH=200> and when it printed, it just ran all the data together.
So I started diddling with a Print Reports stack that I came across somewhere, it may be from Metacard itself. But before finishing with it, I realized that all it was doing was creating a stack, with fields, putting the data into the fields, and printing the card. So I just created my own blank template stack, the size of a piece of paper, with fields for each column, and header, and footer. Told my print script to take xyz data and put it into the fields the way I wanted it, lock messages, go to stack, print card, close stack, and voila. Perfect columns exactly as I wanted them. Such a simple solution, to get all balled up in finding another way. As my data took up more than one piece of paper, I just put in the script to put ABC data into the fields, print card, then put DEF data into the fields, print card, then GHI data, and so forth. (Just adding my solution to the archives so the next searcher with this issue doesn't have to get all balled up :-) -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard