lee@quincy.cs.umass.edu (Peter &) (02/20/91)
Howdy,
I'm trying to get inverted text (i.e. white text on a black background)
to print at higher than 72 dpi using HC 2.0v2. The only method I can think of
is to overlay a field with a transparent button whose 'hilite' property is set
to true. Unfortunately, it appears that if you print a card that has a
hilighted button anywhere on the card (whether it overlays a field or not),
the entire card is printed as a bitmap.
Is there some other approach I can use? Or am I asking too much of
HyperCard?
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"When you expect whistles, it's flutes. When you expect flutes, it's whistles"gandalf@apple.com (Martin Gannholm) (02/23/91)
In article <LEE.91Feb20100354@quincy.cs.umass.edu> lee@quincy.cs.umass.edu (Peter &) writes: > to print at higher than 72 dpi using HC 2.0v2. The only method I can think of > is to overlay a field with a transparent button whose 'hilite' property is set > to true. Unfortunately, it appears that if you print a card that has a > hilighted button anywhere on the card (whether it overlays a field or not), > the entire card is printed as a bitmap. > Is there some other approach I can use? Or am I asking too much of > HyperCard? Because of the limitation of PostScript that it can't "invert" anything, inversion has to be handled in a different way. Special code was written to handle inverted buttons and the text on them, but transparent buttons pose a problem since every object underneath it needs to be inverted. Writing special code to try to emulate inversion of bitmaps, text and other QuickDraw objects is not entirely impossible, just impractical and veeery sloooow. So, to solve your problem, put a hilited "rectangle" button with text on it, and the text will appear white-on-black at the full resolution of the printer. Martin Gannholm Apple Computer Exclaimer!!! I never said it...Nobody heard me say it...You can't prove anything!