How about an expanded set of PRINT commands

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How about an expanded set of PRINT commands

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I think it would be really useful to have an expanded set of printout commands dealing with the printer output.

The ability ot format the output, center text, left justify , right justify etc.

Better control of printed fonts by font size of mm high would be nice as well.
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Post by Chrono Syndrome »

I think it would be really useful to have an expanded set of printout commands dealing with the printer output.
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Post by naw »

just use HTML to describe your output and the WebGadget to render it. Printing is done easily with this link:

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... dget+print

PBs lack of a good printing solution really isnt a problem - with HTML + WebGadget + these simple API tricks, anything is possible (easily)
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Post by Rook Zimbabwe »

Actually that is a wretched way to print in an application like the one I am recoding in PB.

I went with: PrinterLib [PB v4] from the www.purearea.com site http://www.purearea.net/pb/english/index.htm

It has been a bit tetchy, and the docs are not well developed but it does work...

There is even a print preview (which needs some serious revamp) feature!
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