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To print a Statit graph, you have three options.
First, bring the Graph window in focus; that
is, click on the graph window or select it so
that it is in the foreground and highlighted.
Then use one of the following:
- The menu selection File|Print;
- The command key shortcut Shift-Ctrl-p; or
- The Printer icon in the Toolbar window.
Any of these selections will present you with
the standard print dialog from which you can
control the printing of the graph.
From A Macro
To print the current graph from a macro, use
the command:
printgraph
This command will only print the most recent
graph, and it will print it only to the default
printer.
Controlling Graph Appearance
Page Setup
Under the menu tree File|Page Setup you have
several controls over the appearance of the
graph on the printer page:
Paper
Depending upon the default printer installed
on your system, you may have control of the
paper size and source. These are the same options
you may control from the print dialog.
Orientation
Control the orientation of the graph. (Even
though the example displayed shows text, the
graph will be printed.)
Margins
When you disable the Option, "Use full
page," you may control the margins between
the graph and the edge of the page.
Note:
The values are displayed with quotation marks
to indicate inches are the units which are used.
You do not need to type in the quotation marks
when you change values, that will be done automatically
for you.
Options
Maintain Aspect Ratio: When checked, the aspect
ratio of the Graph window will be maintained
in printing. When not checked, the aspect ratio
is controlled by the Margins or the Use Full
Page option.
Use
Full Page: When checked, the graph will be printed
to fill the page on the printer. When not checked,
the Margins and Maintain Aspect Ratio option
will be used to determine the size and shape
of the printed graph.
Center
On Page: When checked, the graph will be centered
on the page, both horizontally and vertically.
When not checked, the graph will be placed in
the upper left on the page, as determined by
the Margins and the Use Full Page option.
Graphics Options
Under the menu tree Options|Graphics, note the
selection for Minimum Font Size. This setting
is for the minimum font size you will see on
your display. However, it does not control the
minimum font size on the printer.
The command
setgraph
/fontsize=n
may be used to set the minimum text font size
to n.
If you are doing custom graphics, you may control
the minimum font size with the command
textmin
[on|off] /size=n
This command will turn text clamping (the enforcement
of a minimum font size) on or off, and when
turned on, what the minimum font size is. These
settings only affect the current graph. You
should also be aware that text clamping is enforced
on many standard Statit charts.
Page Setup And Your Registry
If you are developing a macro or proc which
prints a graph, you may require specific settings
for the Page Setup options in order to get a
consistent look to the printed graphics. If
you do not control these settings, different
users with differing settings will print graphs
which look different. At this time there is
no direct way to do this, except by controlling
the Windows registry settings for these attributes.
Prior to doing any registry modification, please
note the implications this has on the operation
of your computer system. An incorrect modification
of your registry could result in the failure
of software to function correctly, and may require
the re-installation of software, including your
operating system. You should have a good understanding
of the Windows registry before proceeding.
In good programming style, you should design
your code in four steps:
| 1. |
Get and save current settings. |
| 2. |
Set the values you want. |
| 3. |
Print the graph. |
| 4. |
Restore the original settings. |
Statit maintains the Page Setup settings under
the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key. You can get the current
values of these settings with the getprofileint()
function. Here is an example for a macro which
gets the settings and stores them into three
Statit temporary variables:
call
getprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Aspect Ratio",$aspectratio)
call getprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Full Page",$fullpage)
call getprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Center",$center)
Note: The semi-colon (;) is for line continuation
in a macro. The Microsoft registry is case insensitive,
but you may prefer to follow the case displayed
in regedit or regedt32. The four parameters
to the getprofileint() function are the registry
key, the path, the name of the value, and a
temporary variable into which the value is written.
The path in this example is typical, but is
dependent upon the Statit installation.
You can change the values of these settings
by using the writeprofileint() function. Here
are examples of writeprofileint() functions
which turn off the Option for Maintain Aspect
Ratio, and turn on the Options for Use Full
Page, and Center On Page. The option is turned
off if the fourth parameter is 0, or turned
on if the fourth parameter is 1.
call
writeprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Aspect Ratio",0)
call writeprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Full Page",1)
call writeprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Center",1)
Step 3 is to print the graph:
printgraph
In the fourth and final step, restore the registry
settings to their original values. Do this by
using the temporary variables which contain
the original values:
call
writeprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Aspect Ratio",$aspectratio)
call writeprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Full Page",$fullpage)
call writeprofileint ("hkey_current_user",;
"software\statware\statit 5.2\graphics
printing",;
"Center",$center)
If you are interested in setting other registry
values, use the MS Windows commands regedit
or regedt32 to investigate what these values
might be.
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