Vector Drawing Lib - Shifted Output
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:36 am
In regard to this topic: http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 14#p480414
I think that there is a "bug" in the vector drawing lib. I mean, that the physical edges of the output medium are ignored.
Example:
The output "Test" is placed in my case at 25mm left and 55mm top, because my printer has physical borders of 5mm around. If I print it on a image for preview, than the output is placed correct at 20/50mm. I would expect, that the output is placed at 20/50mm no matter, how thick the borders of the printer are or which printer/medium is used for the output. I would expect that the library corrects the output. Just think of the positioning of labels or the address box for letters that are not correct otherwise.
If the cursor is set left to 0mm and the printer has a border of 5mm, I would expect, that the output gets cropped...
In addition, a cross OS function that returns the physical borders would be nice.
I think that there is a "bug" in the vector drawing lib. I mean, that the physical edges of the output medium are ignored.
Example:
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DefaultPrinter()
LoadFont(0, "Arial", 10)
StartPrinting("Test")
StartVectorDrawing(PrinterVectorOutput(#PB_Unit_Millimeter))
VectorFont(FontID(0), 5)
MovePathCursor(20, 50)
DrawVectorText("Test")
StopVectorDrawing()
StopPrinting()If the cursor is set left to 0mm and the printer has a border of 5mm, I would expect, that the output gets cropped...
In addition, a cross OS function that returns the physical borders would be nice.