How do I print the data from a tableview

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#1

I have looked all over and can’t seem to locate any info, probably not searching correctly, on how to print a tableview’s data out in a table format with header rows. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
:slight_smile:

#2

bumping my own thread…anyone have a solution, or even a reference that I am unaware of that I can go read my self?

Thanks! :smiley:

#3

Tables have a print: action method. Make a button, control-click-drag from the button to the table, and click in the circle next to print: in the dialog.

#4

Shane,
Thanks, but I think that doesn’t inlcude the header row when printing, at least I haven’t found a way to get it to. Also, do you know of a way to get all the columns to fit on the page? I have 7 columns that I need to fit.

Iappreciate the help :slight_smile:

#5

It should give the header row OK, but if you want to paginate, you have to do that yourself. I’ve never tried it so I don’t know what’s involved: looks like you need to consult “Printing Programming Topics for Cocoa” in Xcode Help.

#6

Thanks for the assistance and the point to documentation. I am still learning all this.

Cheers,
Mark

#7

Hi Mark,

here is a workaround for printing a table:

  1. Put a box from IB under the table view. So you will not print the table itself but the contents of the box (i.e. the table)

  2. Write the script:


property theView : missing value
	-- IB Actions (button clicks)
	on thePrint_(sender)
		doPrinting()
	end thePrint_

  1. Bind the box to the variable theView – for example

  2. Bind the print button to the action handler thePrint_(sender) – for example

  3. Use the following code; test some parameters.


on doPrinting()
		set mySharedPrintInfo to current application's NSPrintInfo's sharedPrintInfo()
		mySharedPrintInfo's setLeftMargin_(20.0)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setRightMargin_(0.0)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setTopMargin_(20.0)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setBottomMargin_(10.0)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setOrientation_(0)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setHorizontalPagination_(1)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setVerticalPagination_(0)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setVerticallyCentered_(0)
		mySharedPrintInfo's setHorizontallyCentered_(1)
		set thePrintOp to current application's NSPrintOperation's printOperationWithView_printInfo_(theView, mySharedPrintInfo)
		thePrintOp's runOperation
	end doPrinting

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#8

Thanks Heiner! I will give that a try.

Much appreciated,
Mark