Print radio buttons & check boxes

[Arch@ngel webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I'm using Director 8.5.1 on Windows XP. I have Printomatic lite.

I figured out that I can save the outcome of a checkbox/radio button with

put the hilite of field "myCheckboxField" into field "mySaveField"

I can then append "mySaveField" to a document with Printomatic Lite. However, what I'd like to do is actually print the graphics of all the checkbox/radio buttons with the text. Is there an easy way to do this? I'm sure I could rig it with a bitmap, but is there an easy way to just print the page the way it looks, check boxes and all? I've got several pages to do, and I'd rather not test for each choice section and append the corresponding checked/unchecked bmp. Any help?

Michael

[Mark A. Boyd]

On 18 Nov 2003, "Arch@ngel" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> I can then append "mySaveField" to a document with Printomatic Lite.
> However, what I'd like to do is actually print the graphics of all the
> checkbox/radio buttons with the text. Is there an easy way to do this?
> I'm sure I could rig it with a bitmap, but is there an easy way to
> just print the page the way it looks, check boxes and all? I've got
> several pages to do, and I'd rather not test for each choice section
> and append the corresponding checked/unchecked bmp. Any help?

Not that I know of, but hopefully if it's possible somebody will correct
me.

The last time I had to do that I ended up drawing them with rects and
circles using POMs methods. Lots of tweaking to get them in the correct
places.


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Mark A. Boyd
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[Arch@ngel webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hmm... I thought it might be easier testing the value and then appending bitmaps with something like this:

if member("CheckBox").hilite = true then
append doc, member "checked"
else
append doc, member "unchecked"
end if
append doc, member "CheckBox"

with "checked", and "unchecked" being the bitmaps; however, when I print, printomatic automatically puts the text of "CheckBox" on the next line. I want the text to print next to the graphic! Is this possible?

[Arch@ngel webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Also, if I can't print an image on the same line as text, do you by chance have any sample code from the time you drew the rectangles/circles? I'm drowning here...

[Mark A. Boyd]

On 18 Nov 2003, "Arch@ngel" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Also, if I can't print an image on the same line as text, do you by
> chance have any sample code from the time you drew the
> rectangles/circles? I'm drowning here...

I would have to do some serious digging through some ancient backups to
find it. The basic commands are all in the "Drawing Graphic Elements"
section of the help file.

This should help get you started:

on printIt
doc = new(Xtra "PrintOMatic")
reset(doc)
newPage(doc)
drawOval(doc,rect(0,0,12,12),0) -- empty oval
drawOval(doc,rect(3,3,9,9),1) -- filled oval
drawText(doc,member("checkBox").text, point(18,10))
drawOval(doc,rect(0,18,12,30),0)
drawText(doc,"This was not selected.", point(18,28))
if the controlDown then
printPreview(doc)
else
if doJobSetup(doc) then
print(doc)
end if
end if
reset(doc)
doc = 0
end

And of course, you can add frames full of stuff anywhere you like.


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Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

[Mark A. Boyd]

On 18 Nov 2003, "Arch@ngel" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> with "checked", and "unchecked" being the bitmaps; however, when I
> print, printomatic automatically puts the text of "CheckBox" on the
> next line. I want the text to print next to the graphic! Is this
> possible?
>

It should be possible using the 'draw' routines or by creating multiple
frames.

Here's a quickie example.

on printIt
doc = new(Xtra "PrintOMatic")
reset(doc)
newPage(doc)
drawPicture(doc,member("checked"),point(100,50))
drawText(doc,member("checkBox").text, point(150,80))
if the controlDown then
printPreview(doc)
else
if doJobSetup(doc) then
print(doc)
end if
end if
reset(doc)
doc = 0
end

OK, so I used a rather LARGE "checked" graphic ;-)


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Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

[Arch@ngel webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Well, that explains why I couldn't find anything in the documentation. I'm using Printomatic Lite, not Printomatic. Ah well. Who needs $300, right?

[Mark A. Boyd]

On 19 Nov 2003, "Arch@ngel" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Well, that explains why I couldn't find anything in the documentation.
> I'm using Printomatic Lite, not Printomatic.

Oops, I missed that in your original post. Sorry about that.

> Ah well. Who needs $300, right?

I haven't evaluated any of the newer Xtras out there, but you might see if
they have similar capabilities.

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Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

[Arch@ngel webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I'll check it out. Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it.

Michael