=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Newton => Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:43 => To: [email protected] => Subject: Re: ? and ?? => => Hal, => => I wonder if anybody has a line-printer they could test this with ? => => Hal Kaplan wrote: => > => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Newton => => > Subject: Re: ? and ?? => > => => > => Seriously though, your argument about screen fonts does not => => > apply in the case of the printer scenario and yet the same => => problem => > occurs when directing output in this way to the printer. => > => => > => => Well I could have said: ... your explanation etc. but let's => not split => hairs <g> => => > Paul, some clarifications are in order. => > => > First of all, a page printer is one that will only print a => page at a time as opposed to a character or a line at a => time. All laser printers and most inkjet printers are page => printers. Your HP is a page printer. They are a PITA when => doing things in the command window or testing code such as => yours because you always have to close the page before they => will print (i.e. send an FF or press a button on the printer). => > => I realise that only too well => > Finally, my "argument"* does hold for printers because => printers have a default font. The font clauses in the print => statements cause the same layout problems for printers as => they do for screens. Of course on a line printer, => everything would work fine. So go get an OKI dot-matrix. => > => > *I was not passing judgment on how things work, only => reporting what I experienced when making changes to your => code. You should refer to my words as an explanation, not => an argument. => > => I understand and do appreciate your input/feedback. I am => not sure about => your suggestion regarding line-printers however. Don't they have a => default font just like the screen and page printers do ? Moreover, => isn't the screen more like a line-printer - and therefore if => it works => with the line printer it should work with the screen - unless the => difference (between the screen and a line printer) is that the line => printer does _not_ have a default font. => => Anybody have a line-printer they could test this with ? =>
Paul, you never told us what your objective is. I am going to guess that you want to print check boxes with legends. If that is the case, you do not have to use all those FONT clauses that are causing the problem. You can print a box using any one of about 20 undefined characters in most fonts. Try 0129 . If you don't like them, use "[]" This will eliminate the need for the wingdings font clause. As for the Arial, you can change the default font to Arial and then you would be set. As for splitting hairs, one man's hair is another man's fantasy. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
