Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!claris!skip From: skip@claris.com (Brian Schipper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Filemaker Pro stupidity Message-ID: <212@claris.com> Date: 11 Mar 91 18:45:51 GMT References: <92710@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <200@claris.com> Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA Lines: 19 arie@eecs.umich.edu (Arie Covrigaru) writes: >I would also like to add a change in Filemaker Pro that was made to solve >one problem and, in my opinion, created a bigger one. Because of the >IW II's insistence on moving back and forth every time a new page starts, >and the annoyance this caused users of Filemaker II who printed out >hundreds of labels, Claris made the decision to spool the set of records >needed to be printed to disk before actually sending them to the printer. >Now, I admit that spooling is a nice idea, but half spooling is bad one. You make a good point. We decided to change the printing mechanism in response to complaints from ImageWriter users, but because of the reasons you pointed out, it is sometimes inconvenient. We hope to make this a preference in a future release so that everyone will be happy. Brian -- Internet: skip@claris.com AppleLink: SCHIPPER1