How to send shapes object in the container to printer?

Hi all,

I have an apps with an ability to draw lines. The 'drawing pad' is
actually a container and the the drawing are collection of shapes that
each has specific length, top, left, and width properties. By saving
those values on tables, my apps can save and open the drawing. The shape
objects has several proprietary properties that are used for specific
calculations, the drawing is just used to somehow visualize the entry.
Problem begins today when my clients asked me to upgrade the application
such that he can print the drawing.
Question: Any idea how to send the drawing (which are actually shape
objects in the container) to printer?

TIA,
Willianto

christophe
Mon Jun 28 04:33:38 CDT 2004

Willianto,

Is far as I know (but who am I ...)
it is not possible.

But there might be some workarounds
that comes to my mind :
Use a tool to capture a screen area to a picturefile
and print that file
or use a thirdparty tool to do the drawing like Metadraw.
they have print capabilities. I've played a bit with it
and it's very easy to work with. (If you want to pay for
it.)

regards
christophe
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"Willianto" <willianto@remove-me.telkom-and-me.net> schreef
in bericht news:eolQqG5WEHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> I have an apps with an ability to draw lines. The 'drawing
pad' is
> actually a container and the the drawing are collection of
shapes that
> each has specific length, top, left, and width properties.
By saving
> those values on tables, my apps can save and open the
drawing. The shape
> objects has several proprietary properties that are used
for specific
> calculations, the drawing is just used to somehow
visualize the entry.
> Problem begins today when my clients asked me to upgrade
the application
> such that he can print the drawing.
> Question: Any idea how to send the drawing (which are
actually shape
> objects in the container) to printer?
>
> TIA,
> Willianto
>
>

Rasmus
Mon Jun 28 09:08:07 CDT 2004

You can add graphics (lines, rectangles, circles) to a report =
dynamically by inserting records into the FRX file. The structure is =
described (kind of) in the documentation (filespec directory in FoxPro =
6) but it requires a bit of experimentation. Btw, I have also used =
MetaDraw, which works very well, but printing from it also requires some =
fiddling around.

Rasmus


"Willianto" <willianto@remove-me.telkom-and-me.net> wrote in message =
news:eolQqG5WEHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>=20
> I have an apps with an ability to draw lines. The 'drawing pad' is
> actually a container and the the drawing are collection of shapes that
> each has specific length, top, left, and width properties. By saving
> those values on tables, my apps can save and open the drawing. The =
shape
> objects has several proprietary properties that are used for specific
> calculations, the drawing is just used to somehow visualize the entry.
> Problem begins today when my clients asked me to upgrade the =
application
> such that he can print the drawing.
> Question: Any idea how to send the drawing (which are actually shape
> objects in the container) to printer?
>=20
> TIA,
> Willianto
>=20
>