Custom PrintPreview - In Color

[Frank Hilton]

Hi again,

I got the lyrics and chords to show up fine in my WebBrowser "Lyrics Viewer"

However, because html cannot handle tabs and spacing properly... my chords do not show up where the display does in the EditControl.

So, I abandoned the Html Viewer concept,

I like how you use the build in .NET PrintPreview for the EC control.... I am using that for just the actual printing of the EC code text.

But, I don't like the toolbar control in the PrintPreview control. (something MS should make pretty some day)

So, I have built a custom print preview.

I can get the text printed on a page (not successful with multiple pages yet when lyrics is too long)

But I have two issues...

1) It doesn't print in color just like in the EC control display

2) The chords go out of wack (tabs and spaces) and so the page doesn't look like the EC control.

I was wondering if you can share with me the code you used to get that perfect print-preview text output that matches the EC control exactly that you guys put together.

Then I can use it on my custom print preview.

I eventually want to take the text tags (lexems) and style them on the final print preview.

The Lyrics Preview is going to be used as just a viewer that the user can use and play their instrument while reading from the viewer.

So, I have a code version (for building lyrics) and viewer version (for playing along - playlists)

Thanks

I am almost done with my initial app.

Attachment: lyricsprintpreview_b87576f7.zip

[Frank Hilton]

I attached a ZIP of the sample print Preview I am working on.

Thanks in Advance

Attachment: PrintPreview_795a7eb8.zip

[Frank Hilton]

Also... is it possible to zoom the text in-out inside the Edit Control itself??

Since we can't really change the font size during run-time, how about zooming?

[Venkateshwaran Ramdoss]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for your update.

At present there is no support for the reported requirements. A support incident to track the status of this features has been created under your account. Please log on to our support website to check for further updates

https://www.syncfusion.com/account/login?ReturnUrl=%2fsupport%2fdirecttrac%2fincidents

Regards,
Venkateshwaran V.R.

[Ranjani Prabhakaran]

From: TechniPixel Solutions  

Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:11 PM
To: Syncfusion Support <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Font Listbox 

Hi, 

 

Why is there a small text to the left of some of these fonts? 

And how do I get rid of that small text?? 

 

[Vijayalakshmi Roopkumar]

Hi Frank,

A support incident to track the status of this issue with the FontListBox has been created under your account. Please log on to our support website to check for further updates

https://www.syncfusion.com/account/login?ReturnUrl=%2fsupport%2fdirecttrac%2fincidents 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Vijayalakshmi V.R.  

[Sam Konstas Smith]

Hi Frank,

It looks like the real challenge here is getting the printed layout to follow the same spacing and alignment as the editor, especially when chords shift because tabs don’t translate cleanly. A chord detector can actually help in this situation because it lets the app identify each chord as an element rather than relying on text spacing. When the chords are tagged properly, the print routine can place them with consistent positioning, which keeps the preview closer to what appears in the EC control. This also helps when you add color or styling later, since each chord is recognized as its own item instead of plain text that gets distorted in the print process.

[Aravindhan P]

Hi Sam,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You’re right that the main challenge is keeping the printed version looking the same as what you see in the editor. Treating chords as separate items makes it easier to keep them lined up properly and also helps when adding colors or styles later.

We appreciate you pointing this out, and your approach will be useful for making the preview closer to the editor display.

Regards,

Aravindhan Periyasamy