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In Europe we have a problem when printing articles from www.codeproject.com because the paper is narrower than in the US. Most lines are truncated by about 5 to 10 characters. If you have a solution, please post it to Microsoft so they can improve the Internet Explorer. It seems as if the programmers in Seattle has hard coded 'letter size' paper into their drivers, or maybe just Internet Explorer. Who knows?
I think the problem shows up particularly when the web pages are layed out with the tag. The problem can be reduced by manually using 'Page Setup' to set the margins to zero. The problem also shows up in 'Print Preview'.
Otherwise, I recommend the pages of this site to be layed out differently.
The paper size in Europe is "A4", which is slightly narrower than 'letter size'.
This is a general problem that has been around for years, without anyone doing anything about it.
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NITH wrote:
In Europe we have a problem when printing articles from www.codeproject.com because the paper is narrower than in the US.
I use A4 paper and I never have any problems printing articles, except when the author has not kept to the guidelines which CP publish.
NITH wrote:
Most lines are truncated by about 5 to 10 characters. If you have a solution, please post it to Microsoft so they can improve the Internet Explorer
There is a solution. On each article page there is a sidebar on the left, in the side bar there is a button marked "Print Version". Click it!
NITH wrote:
It seems as if the programmers in Seattle has hard coded 'letter size' paper into their drivers, or maybe just Internet Explorer. Who knows?
It is not hard coded. IE will print quite happily on many papers sizes.
NITH wrote:
I think the problem shows up particularly when the web pages are layed out with the tag. The problem can be reduced by manually using 'Page Setup' to set the margins to zero. The problem also shows up in 'Print Preview'.
Yes, if the page author specifies that a table (or any other element) is a set number of pixels the there is a translation between screen DPI and printer DPI so you don't get tiny unreadable printouts. If the table widths are set in percentages there is no problem. If the sizes are set in pixels and your screen is too small you get scroll bars, and untill someone invents paper with scroll bars you are just going to have to live with it.
NITH wrote:
The paper size in Europe is "A4", which is slightly narrower than 'letter size'.
And so is A5 and I've printed on that and it works.
NITH wrote:
This is a general problem that has been around for years, without anyone doing anything about it.
Actually, people are spending an amazing amount of time getting these sort of things to work. It isn't actually as easy as it would appear. I know. I've written applications that have to print custom stuff to various page sizes.
Now, as a general comment. You seem to be ranting and raving like a lunatic without any real basis. Please stop it. I'm having my lunch and you are giving me indigestion.
Do you want to know more?
WDevs.com - Member's Software Directories, Blogs, FTP, Mail and Forums
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Excellent! Finally, after years of frustration, I managed to find a person who could give me feedback on this issue. Thank you!
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I am really sorry for being rude. But I have tried for years to reach Microsoft about this problem, in vain. I am glad that the 'Code Project' has 'Print version' option. Not all web sites have that. But still, since the resolution in general is higher on a printer than a screen, it wouldn't seem to be too difficult to scale the page properly.
On the the hand, I understand there could be a mapping problem since we cannot work with fractions of pixels and dots.
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I realise this is probably just a side-effect of the server issues however I thought I'd document it anyway.
I gave this[^] message a 5.
The voting window pop-up came up but it had a server error message page rather than the "thanks for you vote" page.
Looking at the message, it appears that my vote didn't register as the message doesn't have any votes. However if I try to vote on it again, it tells me I've already voted for this message.
I'm guessing only half of the DB update happened before the server timed out.
Michael
CP Blog [^]
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Thanks for the heads up Michael
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I have a small suggestion to CP Administrator. If we can start a continues training session's in different technologies, then that will be very helpful for developers. So developers will get a continues and step by step improvement in different technologies. This will also help the CP to get more and regular site hits.
Definitely I will contribute one or two training threads if the above idea come into picture.
Sreejith Nair
[ My Articles ]
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Mean Time you can give Training to Me!!!
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Alok Gupta
visit me at http://www.thisisalok.tk
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Is This could be possible to Show a seprate page for each project showing who has voted for that project and how much???
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Alok Gupta
visit me at http://www.thisisalok.tk
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Yes, it's possible, but unfortunately I'm not going to do it. All it will do is cause flame wars.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris, you are right. That will happen obviously .
Sreejith Nair
[ My Articles ]
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Okay
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Alok Gupta
visit me at http://www.thisisalok.tk
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It would be nice if an ALT text was added to each of the smiley faces so that people can know what they are easily. On occasion, I've had to check the file name in the property dialog, just to be able to tell the expression. The only ones I know for sure are smile, frown, grin, beer and flower. 
"For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
The only ones I know for sure are smile, frown, grin, beer and flower.
Then you've pretty much got the ones that count 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Well, at least you ended it with an icon I knew.
"For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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Scratch that last message. When I came back here, I noticed it was winking and not a smiley face. Oh well.
"For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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They all have ALT text popups now, and have for as long as I can recall. What browser are you using?
"If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City
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IE 6.0.2. I don't get any (just on these, in case you're wondering if I have it turned off  ).
"For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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Looking at the source code, I don't see any ALT text in the IMG tag. 
"For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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I think he means in the 'post new message' window. 
Everybody is entitled to my opinion
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Good call. You're probably right. But I was talking in the actual message thread.
"For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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