[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Feature Requests-1121465 ] Paper Size export failure

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Feature Requests item #1121465, was opened at 2005-02-13 08:20
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Harry Davis (tanarkus)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Paper Size export failure

Initial Comment:
A follow up to bug #906529  that I reported twelve
months ago (and hasn't been addressed)

When exporting to PDF, the Paper Type setting in
preferences is ignored, and always uses A4 sizes.

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>Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2005-12-01 00:30

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OK, this is being moved to FREQs, a seperate bug will be
entered to remove the option in preferences - K

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Comment By: Ed Davison (edavison)
Date: 2005-11-02 11:16

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This seems like a waste of time and effort to have a
Preferences setting that allows you to choose A4 or Letter
when it does not do anything. 

Why not implement the Letter size stuff?  

If the page layout comes from a layout template file then a
Letter size template just needs to be made.  I would be
willing to help with this if that is all it needs.  

If this is not going to be allowed or is not really possible
as the template is not portable or some such, then the
Preferences Options needs to be removed and a note added to
the documentation somewhere (or a note on the Preferences
page) that explains A4 is the ONLY output size supported so
the user knows.


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Comment By: Harry Davis (tanarkus)
Date: 2005-08-31 05:53

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For what its worth...   technically, this is a duplicate bug report.  The 
previous one was closed basically stating that it would be too much 
effort for too little gain to properly support all paper sizes, and that A4 
would be the only one supported. 

I should also clarify that it is not just Export to PDF but normal Printing 
as well.

Tir just mentioned that the team is using A4 for PDFs.  Since all direct 
printing from PCGen goes through PDF, doesn't that mean that PCGen 
can print only on A4?

The A4 page is too long to fit on Letter paper.  So, with some printer 
drivers, an error is generated that the printed page (A4) is too big to fit 
on the paper used (Letter).  ...and when the user corrects it in PCGen by 
setting it to letter, the setting is ignored and the printer driver error pops 
up again.  (Other drivers don't tell the user that it is going to scale the 
document, and prints the page on letter with a larger right-side margin 
than expected)

It seems that -anything- related to PDFs, both export and printing, is 
limited to A4.  Exporting to HTML and printing from a browser does 
accommodate non-A4 pages.

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Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2005-08-31 04:51

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Thanks Tir, I'll chase it from here :-) - K

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Comment By: Andrew McDougall (tir-gwaith)
Date: 2005-08-31 04:41

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Paper size in PDF export is set by the XLS or whatever file.  
A4 printed on Letter looks fine.  Letter printing on A4 isn't.  
Hence, we use A4 for PDFs.  For more info, contact Chuck 
Pint (The OS Chimp)

Exporting to HTML should use that preference tho.  It might 
just be needing a better description in the UI, so users aren't 
assuming incorrectly.  And a mention in the FAQ couldn't 
hurt, either. - Tir

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Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2005-08-31 04:13

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I'll look into it, although I _think_ this setting should be
for direct printing only and not export. - K

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