Help getting printing working

[mvillion]

Hi

I like to think I know my way around livecode but the subject offprinting on an IoS device has got me totally stumped.
I have a field and I have been able to get it to print on a Mac not problem but I cannot find anything (information or tool) that allows me to print from iOS.

They must exist however I just can't find anything useful.

I either want to print a field or I am happy to construct 'something else' to get output from my App.
I don't know what I am missing here as everything else in Livecode is simple.

I found some references to rrehardcopy but I don't know where that external is and nothing seems to point to it, nor do I know if it will allow me to do what I want to do.

Thanks
Matt

[JacobS]

Hi Matt,

Whenever I need to do printing in an iOS app, I've always used Monte's mergDoc extension (http://mergext.com/home/mergdoc/).

To print using mergDoc, you need to have a file that you want to print. If you're just printing the contents of a field, it wouldn't be too difficult to save the field contents as a .txt file before printing.

Hope that helps,
Jacob

[quailcreek]

Hi Matt,
I recently went thru the same thing. I wanted to print the contents of a fld. I have it set up so I can print a hard copy or send an email with a pdf copy.

If you register at Montes site you can download a free copy of rrehardcopy.lcext
http://mergext.com/controls/

You need to add rrehardcopy.lcext to your standalone under the Copy Files panel.

You'll then use the "open printing to pdf" command. Look it up in the dictionary.

Here's a link to the thread you need.
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=24391