Printing Webview Section

[abdulmojeb]

hi,

Just in case you have an idea on this. I am printing a report from a web view section on a dot matrix printer but the output doesn't look like what appeared on the web view section. It seems that it's using a different font.

Does it has something to do with the lianja app builder? I hope it's not.

Thanks.

[barrymavin]

You do not mention how you are printing.

Dot matrix printer? What make/model of printer are you referring to?

There are a wide range of options for the print() method and printPreview().

Try saving as a pdf and printing that to check your formatting.

[abdulmojeb]

hi barry,

Yes I'm printing on a dot matrix printer model Epson LX-300+II.

I do use the printPreview() method then click on the print button to select printer and print.

[barrymavin]

If you are trying to print a Webview section that you have visible in the UI it will be scaled for the printer.

You need to dynamically create a Webview using createObject("Webview"), set its dimensions to match your paper size then load it with the HTML you generate for a report.

You should then be able to print correctly.

When printing a Webview you are not printing characters you are printing the graphics context so the dimensions are important to prevent scaling occurring.

Try generating the HTML, save it to a file and opening it in your web browser then printing it. Same principal.

[abdulmojeb]

What I am loading to the webview section is not a html file but a rsp file. Can I load that rsp file to the webview object?

[barrymavin]

Take a look at execRSP() in the documentation.

http://www.lianja.com/doc/index.php/EXECRSP()

This provides you with the ability to generate an HTML file from a .rsp file and output the HTML to a specified file.

[barrymavin]

Yes you can specify your .rsp file as the url property on the Webview or as described previously generate an external HTML file using execRSP() to test in a desktop browser.

http://www.lianja.com/doc/index.php/Webview

[abdulmojeb]

I forgot to mention that the .rsp file that I load to webview section already contain an HTML codes. What happens in my code is that a VFP codes inside a HTML codes.

[barrymavin]

Sorry I don't understand what you mean.

You can generate HTML dynamically with .rsp pages by assigning the url of the Webview with the name of the .rsp page.

[abdulmojeb]

sorry, it's look like this. VFP codes in a HTML table.

<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td><%
if val_aptype = 'MA'
?artrans.attplace
else
?cmonth(artrans.attdate)+' '+str(day(artrans.attdate))+', '+str(year(artrans.attdate))
endif
%></td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td align="right"><strong><%
?transform(artrans.atamt,'999,999,999.99')
%>
</strong></td>
</tr>