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Printing with Core/View

 [1/7] from: Steven:White:ci:bloomington:mn:us at: 28-Apr-2003 12:53


Just a question to confirm what I believe I know already. Is it possible, using just the free version of Rebol View, to print on actual paper? It seems to me that it is not possible. I want to write what might be considered a "data processing" application that would have to produce printed reports. The only idea I can think of is to generate HTML and let the operator "print" on paper using a web browser. Thank you. Steven White City of Bloomington 2215 W Old Shakopee Rd Bloomington MN 55431-3096 USA 952-563-4882 (voice) 952-563-4672 (fax) [swhite--ci--bloomington--mn--us]

 [2/7] from: greggirwin:mindspring at: 28-Apr-2003 13:57


Hi Steven, SW> Just a question to confirm what I believe I know already. SW> Is it possible, using just the free version of Rebol View, to print on SW> actual paper? It seems to me that it is not possible. Have you tried this approach: write/binary %//prn read/binary %your-file-here.dat Not terribly flexible, but perhaps workable in some situations. -- Gregg

 [3/7] from: gerardcote:sympatico:ca at: 28-Apr-2003 19:36


Hi Steven,
> Is it possible, using just the free version of Rebol View, to print on > actual paper? It seems to me that it is not possible. > > I want to write what might be considered a "data processing" > application that would have to produce printed reports. The only idea I > can think of is to generate HTML and let the operator "print" on paper > using a web browser. >
Another somewhat similar alternative - if you don't need a sophisticated wysiwyg print - is to dump your data to a simple ASCII file instead of using an HTML one and ask the operator to print on paper using a simple text editor. But the effect is the same .... only easier to work with fixed width columns, like in the old ages of computing !!! Regards, Gerard

 [4/7] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 29-Apr-2003 13:25


On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:53:12 -0500 "Steven White" <[Steven--White--ci--bloomington--mn--us]> wrote:
> The only idea I >can think of is to generate HTML and let the operator >"print" on paper >using a web browser.
Apart from Gregg's idea, there is also pdf maker from Gabriele, and another Greg posted a html print server recently. -- Graham Chiu http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/

 [5/7] from: brett:codeconscious at: 29-Apr-2003 11:02


Hi Steve, There are no File/Print commands in REBOL right now. So yes, you have to produce some code to achieve printing. Some options, 1) Text files - output straight to the printer. 2) HTML as you have suggested. 2b) XHTML + CSS print specifications 3) PDF Using templates for 2 (and maybe even 3) would simplify your programming. There are REBOL programs around for producing 2 and 3. It really comes down to what you need to achieve, and what environment you have to do it within. Regards, Brett.

 [6/7] from: gschwarz:netconnect:au at: 29-Apr-2003 11:59


HTML Print server address is http://www.pirella.com/products/html-printer.html The pro version will have, Page formatting (margins, portrait, landscape), Duplex printing (double sided), Paper size and number of pages. This is done by a control tag in the header of the HTML file to be printed. Regards, Greg

 [7/7] from: sisbro::pipo::com at: 30-Apr-2003 16:53


Hi
> Just a question to confirm what I believe I know already. > > Is it possible, using just the free version of Rebol View, to print on > actual paper? It seems to me that it is not possible.
You cannot do that directly BUT, you can use external program to help you in your task. If you work with linux, you can output text based report in a directory and use a script (launch each minute with the crontab) to print it. You can also use postscript language to. If you are under Windows or if you have a network with a Windows computer, you can use RPV. take a look at http://www.rpvreport.com/ This is a nice prog for you. Use the free version. You create a text based report (in a rep or send by FTP), and this prog print it for you. Well, ok, this is not a full Rebol solution, but Rebol cannot print easily by itself, so... Jerome French Reboler