BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  FastReport Dot Matrix with Large Fonts          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Reporting-Charting View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Guest Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:54 am    Post subject: FastReport Dot Matrix with Large Fonts I finally got FastReport 2.5 to do fast printing on dot matrix printers. The only problem now is that I need to have one field in LARGE font (invoice number).. The only option to change font is in FontStyle property of the memo field, but there is no way to actually set the font size.. I tried setting it to fsxWide, 12cpi, fsxCondensed to False, but it prints with the same font as all the rest (which are set as Condensed).. I know it's possible to do this on dot matrix because I saw a report made in Access 2003 that did just that... Any help will be gretaly appreciated!! Back to top Alexander Tzyganenko Guest Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:12 am    Post subject: Re: FastReport Dot Matrix with Large Fonts Probably you are talking about FR3.0 or 4.0 since 2.5 does not support dot-matrix printing. Standard commands available in designer don't include large fonts. You need to use TfrxDmpCommand object if you want to insert esc-code in the report. Put this object before the memo which you want to show large, set the Command property of this object to esc-command (available forms of command are decimal #27#40 or hexadecimal 1B28). After a memo, put another DMPCommand object to turn large font off. Back to top Guest Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:12 am    Post subject: Re: FastReport Dot Matrix with Large Fonts Alexander Tzyganenko wrote: Quote: Probably you are talking about FR3.0 or 4.0 since 2.5 does not support dot-matrix printing. Standard commands available in designer don't include large fonts. You need to use TfrxDmpCommand object if you want to insert esc-code in the report. Put this object before the memo which you want to show large, set the Command property of this object to esc-command (available forms of command are decimal #27#40 or hexadecimal 1B28). After a memo, put another DMPCommand object to turn large font off. You're right.. I'm actually using FastReport 3.2.. not 2.5..! I have no idea how to use ESC codes... I found this explanation: ***************************************************** ESC X m n This sends both pitch and point sizes: m specifies the pitch in 360/n chars per inch. The acceptable values are: 0, 1, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60, 72 m=0 means no change in pitch m=1 means standard proportional (same as ESC p 1) m=anything else sets a fixed pitch at 360/m chars/inch. (eg pica = 10 chars/inch = 36) n sets the point size in half-points. Acceptable values are: 0, 16, 20, 21, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64 for Roman, Sans Serif, Roman T, and Sans Serif H. Other typefaces can take only 0, 21, 42. Notice that n=21 gives 10.5 points, which is standard for normal type and 42 gives 21 points, which is probably right for double height. It takes two numbers to send it, n1 n2. n1 is n modulo 256 n2 is n div 256. That is, n = n1 + (n2 x 256). Programmers will notice that this amounts to sending n as a word value. n=0 (that is n1=0 n2=0) means "no change in point size" The point of those 0=no change commands is to let you send pitch and points separately. You can send a change in pitch only with ESC X m 0 0 and a change in point size only with ESC X 0 n1 n2 These limits and typeface options apply to the LQ-570+ and may, of course, be different for other printers. It seems odd that the point size specification takes only byte-size values (essentially, all the allowable point size numbers fit in n1, while n2 is _always_ 0) though Epson has gone to the trouble of specifying n1 and n2. I suppose they're allowing for much larger fonts in future printers. ***************************************************** I just want a large font..!!! something like 16 pt 12 cpi... do you know what I'm supposed to put in the Command property?? How do I put an X there (as in ESC X)..??? and how do I turn the large font off? And you said to put TfrxDmpCommand object before the memo.. What do you mean by "before"?? do you mean on the left side of memo?? above it?? All this seems so confusing! I hope you can help me! Back to top Guest Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:12 am    Post subject: Re: FastReport Dot Matrix with Large Fonts Does anyone know how to do this? jloriena (AT) hotpop (DOT) com wrote: Quote: Alexander Tzyganenko wrote: Probably you are talking about FR3.0 or 4.0 since 2.5 does not support dot-matrix printing. Standard commands available in designer don't include large fonts. You need to use TfrxDmpCommand object if you want to insert esc-code in the report. Put this object before the memo which you want to show large, set the Command property of this object to esc-command (available forms of command are decimal #27#40 or hexadecimal 1B28). After a memo, put another DMPCommand object to turn large font off. You're right.. I'm actually using FastReport 3.2.. not 2.5..! I have no idea how to use ESC codes... I found this explanation: ***************************************************** ESC X m n This sends both pitch and point sizes: m specifies the pitch in 360/n chars per inch. The acceptable values are: 0, 1, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60, 72 m=0 means no change in pitch m=1 means standard proportional (same as ESC p 1) m=anything else sets a fixed pitch at 360/m chars/inch. (eg pica = 10 chars/inch = 36) n sets the point size in half-points. Acceptable values are: 0, 16, 20, 21, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64 for Roman, Sans Serif, Roman T, and Sans Serif H. Other typefaces can take only 0, 21, 42. Notice that n=21 gives 10.5 points, which is standard for normal type and 42 gives 21 points, which is probably right for double height. It takes two numbers to send it, n1 n2. n1 is n modulo 256 n2 is n div 256. That is, n = n1 + (n2 x 256). Programmers will notice that this amounts to sending n as a word value. n=0 (that is n1=0 n2=0) means "no change in point size" The point of those 0=no change commands is to let you send pitch and points separately. You can send a change in pitch only with ESC X m 0 0 and a change in point size only with ESC X 0 n1 n2 These limits and typeface options apply to the LQ-570+ and may, of course, be different for other printers. It seems odd that the point size specification takes only byte-size values (essentially, all the allowable point size numbers fit in n1, while n2 is _always_ 0) though Epson has gone to the trouble of specifying n1 and n2. I suppose they're allowing for much larger fonts in future printers. ***************************************************** I just want a large font..!!! something like 16 pt 12 cpi... do you know what I'm supposed to put in the Command property?? How do I put an X there (as in ESC X)..??? and how do I turn the large font off? And you said to put TfrxDmpCommand object before the memo.. What do you mean by "before"?? do you mean on the left side of memo?? above it?? All this seems so confusing! I hope you can help me! 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