Karen, I have set up the process to print the report with the captured web page so it is (fairly) transparent to the end user. It involves opening a form at the top left portion of the screen with just a web browser, capturing a portion of it (skipping the borders) with an external application with a line command, closing the form and then generating the report with the captured image as well as other information. The capture of the screen is very "timing" sensitive, as it depends on how fast the form is displayed (hardware dependent), otherwise it will capture the screen background or a blank form; adding a pause helps, but you do not want the user to see the new (web) form staying on the screen very long. All in all, an R:Base solution will eventually do away with this workaround. I can think of lots of other applications where a screen capture would be if use. There was long thread on displaying status screen, a few days ago, that could potentially use this property. Javier, Javier Valencia, PE 913-829-0888 Office 913-915-3137 Cell 913-649-2904 Fax <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] _____
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 7:47 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Tip of the Day - Dynamically Changing BandList Properties Javier: that would be awesome! We all know that it is possible to get the same effect with the user doing several steps, but not all my users are quite that, uh, competent. This would make it easier for them. Karen In a message dated 4/15/2011 12:44:56 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I also submitted a request to modify the: PROPERTY RBASE_FORM PRINT 'PRINTER' Command to capture the screen to JPG or PNG file instead of sending it the printer; something along the lines of: PROPERTY RBASE_FORM CAPTURE 'my_screen.jpg'
