BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Re: Form Printing, Text jaggies (D6)          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi VCL Components Using View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Ignacio Vazquez Guest Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Form Printing, Text jaggies (D6) "Jon Jacobs" <jqjacobs (AT) gte (DOT) net> wrote in message 3f21ac0b$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: When I use the Print method on my form, the Text has the jaggies. How can I smooth it out? Note: I am only using True Type fonts. I've never done it, but you can try using .PaintTo with TPrinter.Canvas.Handle. Cheers, Ignacio Back to top Jon Jacobs Guest Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Form Printing, Text jaggies (D6) Thank you. Actually, avoiding direct manipulation of a canvas was the reason I was using form printing. If I have to do it anyway, then I will just have to skip the form altogether. "Ignacio Vazquez" <ivazquezATorioncommunications.com> wrote Quote: "Jon Jacobs" <jqjacobs (AT) gte (DOT) net> wrote in message 3f21ac0b$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... When I use the Print method on my form, the Text has the jaggies. How can I smooth it out? Note: I am only using True Type fonts. I've never done it, but you can try using .PaintTo with TPrinter.Canvas.Handle. Cheers, Ignacio Back to top Peter Below (TeamB) Guest Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 9:46 am    Post subject: Re: Form Printing, Text jaggies (D6) In article <3f21ac0b$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Jon Jacobs wrote: Quote: When I use the Print method on my form, the Text has the jaggies. How can I smooth it out? Note: I am only using True Type fonts. The problem is that Print creates a bitmap image of the form, which is then printed stretched to accomodate the difference in screen and printer resolution. This stretching is what causes the result to have this blocky appearance. The best way to get around that is not to print the form, but the forms *data*, using the printer canvas and its method, for example. Of course it is more work, but every user that has tried to scroll the image of a memo on the printout to see the missing lines will praise you for it <g>. It is fairly easy to generate simple HTML in code, based on a template (using TPageproducer). This has become my favourity way of creating reports, since you can open the files in Word, Excel, IE, and leave the printing to them. This way the user can even modify the reports before printing them. -- Peter Below (TeamB) Use the newsgroup archives : http://www.mers.com/searchsite.html http://www.tamaracka.com/search.htm http://groups.google.com http://www.prolix.be Back to top Jon Jacobs Guest Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 4:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Form Printing, Text jaggies (D6) Thank you. Hmm. TPageProducer. I'll keep that in mind. Jon "Peter Below (TeamB)" <100113.1101 (AT) compuXXserve (DOT) com> wrote Quote: In article <3f21ac0b$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, Jon Jacobs wrote: When I use the Print method on my form, the Text has the jaggies. How can I smooth it out? Note: I am only using True Type fonts. The problem is that Print creates a bitmap image of the form, which is then printed stretched to accomodate the difference in screen and printer resolution. This stretching is what causes the result to have this blocky appearance. The best way to get around that is not to print the form, but the forms *data*, using the printer canvas and its method, for example. Of course it is more work, but every user that has tried to scroll the image of a memo on the printout to see the missing lines will praise you for it <g>. It is fairly easy to generate simple HTML in code, based on a template (using TPageproducer). This has become my favourity way of creating reports, since you can open the files in Word, Excel, IE, and leave the printing to them. 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