Print Dialog Interaction (was Re: Rant Re Rev Documentation)

2005-07-25 Thread Dan Shafer
I have a bit of trouble envisioning why it would be important for me to hard-code into an application the number of copies of a document to be printed. If the application requires that 3 copies of the report be generated, can we not trust the user to enter "3" into the "number of copies" fi

Re: Print Dialog Interaction (was Re: Rant Re Rev Documentation)

2005-07-25 Thread Stephen Barncard
Well, HUG aside, in some workflows triplicates and duplicates are sometimes needed...and entering the number every time one makes a sale, etc could get tedious. I have a bit of trouble envisioning why it would be important for me to hard-code into an application the number of copies of a docum

Re: Print Dialog Interaction (was Re: Rant Re Rev Documentation)

2005-07-25 Thread Bill
I print government forms. Some of them require 5 copies. Some require 2 copies. Some just one. It would be very nice if I could press one button "print all the stupid government forms" and then it would go to each form and print the number of copies each form requires. In hypercard days this was a

Re: Print Dialog Interaction (was Re: Rant Re Rev Documentation)

2005-07-25 Thread Bill
Also the present release of Tiger has a bug (only evident in runrev) that requires an extra step in the print dialogue. To change the number of copies to be printed you have to choose another printer first and then go back and choose the right printer then the field where you put the number of copi