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From: cmacfarl@crimee.ICS.UCI.EDU (Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: 4D : Printing irregular sized forms
Message-ID: <9104171436.aa28855@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU>
Date: 17 Apr 91 21:41:22 GMT
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I need to be able to print data on a preprinted, continuous feed, 11 x 8 1/2
inch form.  The only paper type in the Page Setup dialog box that handles
printing wider than 8 1/2 inches is Computer Paper.  Unfortunately, the
size of the Computer Paper setting is 14 x 11 inches.  Therefore whenever
a form feed is sent to the printer, it forms feeds halfway down the next
page.

Is there any way, from 4D, to control the size of the page being printed?  Or
control how much paper is passed through the printer on a form feed?

I need an answer, because if this problem is not fixed by Monday, my boss
said that we will have to switch back to FoxBase+/Mac!  Horrors!!

4th Dimension; for all it's potential, really comes up short in some areas.
Are there any C library routines that handle report generation from 4D on
a more procedural level?  Would there be a market for such a beast?

Any help at all is greatly appreciated.

Craig MacFarlane
Office of Academic Affairs
University of California, Irvine
cmacfarl@paris.ics.uci.edu