How To Express 11" x 17"

Tony_Goodman - Thu Aug 18 10:04:04 EDT 2011

print "\"11\" x 17\"\""

Tony Goodman, Smart DXL Limited

tlwtheq - Thu Aug 18 10:13:03 EDT 2011
That didn't work (I cut and pasted). The script came back and said
===>"'11' x 17'""<=== is not available for the printer.
(I'm using the arrows so you know exactly what I want and
what I see in the error popup.)
What I want is ===>11" x 17"<===

Thanks

tlwtheq - Thu Aug 18 10:13:43 EDT 2011
P.S. - 11" x 17" is available for the printer in question.

Tony_Goodman - Thu Aug 18 11:01:10 EDT 2011

If you declare a string in DXL it must be contained in double quotes
e.g

string s = "hello"

If you want to have a double quote character inside a string then you need to escape it using a backslash.

string s = "11\" x 17\""

Tony Goodman, Smart DXL Limited

tlwtheq - Thu Aug 18 11:07:17 EDT 2011
That was one of the first things I tried.
Error popup message says no available printer, where msg string is
===>'11" x 17'"<===

Tony_Goodman - Fri Aug 19 07:35:47 EDT 2011

What is the script doing? Is it comparing the string you provide with a string it is getting from elsewhere? If so then the problem may be that the characters in the string are different from the ones you are providing. Can you print out ascii codes of the string you are trying to recreate as follows:

string s = "11\" x 17\""
for (i=0;i<length(s);i++)
{
    print((int intOf(s[i])) " ")
}

Tony Goodman, Smart DXL Limited

tlwtheq - Fri Aug 19 10:31:38 EDT 2011
What I'm doing is modifying a script I down-loaded that is a fancy
Export to Excel. In the script, you can pick the size of paper.
The original author didn't include 11x17. And actually all I'm doing is
adding the string ===>11" x 17"<====, to an array of strings
representing paper size. As you know, the MS printer application sees
the name of the paper size as, precisely, ===>11" x 17"<===.
That's why I think the translate (if you will) isn't working when I look at the
error popup and it's got extra double quotes and/or single quotes.

Here's what I'm trying to modify:

// Paper Sizes able to be stored in a DOORS Page Setup
const string DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_SIZES[] = { "A4", "A3", "A5", "Legal", "Letter", *"11\" x 17\""*}

That string gets passed along to the print utility.

tlwtheq - Fri Aug 19 10:32:47 EDT 2011
Well those stars were supposed to be bold text, sorry.
What I'm adding is "11\" x 17\""

llandale - Fri Aug 19 15:50:24 EDT 2011
Well, when I look at my Printer Properties I see that paper sizes [A3] and [11x17] are available. So perhaps you don't need the double quotes that means 'inches'. Try "11x17".

• Louie

tlwtheq - Fri Aug 19 16:35:35 EDT 2011
Thanks, Lou. I've tried that permutation.
Have a good weekend, Bro.

llandale - Mon Aug 22 13:51:34 EDT 2011
I wonder if you still have spaces [11 x 17].
I wonder if you've looked at your printer properties.
I wonder if the code has a hard-coded size for DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_SIZES, thus ignoring the last entry. Perhaps move you entry further left.
Maybe post that code.

• Louie

tlwtheq - Mon Aug 22 14:03:35 EDT 2011
Yes, my text has the spaces, and I have checked the printer properties.

Code:

llandale - Mon Aug 22 14:16:15 EDT 2011
My printer properties do not have spaces, [11x17] and not [11 x 17].

Should not the last entry for variable DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_HEIGHTS_MM be 17"x25.36mm/inc = 431?

tlwtheq - Mon Aug 22 14:19:56 EDT 2011
My printer specs have the spaces. I came up with the
DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_HEIGHTS_MM entries by using an
inches to millimeter converter tool.

llandale - Mon Aug 22 14:26:42 EDT 2011

const string DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_SIZES[] =     { "A4",   "A3",  "A5","Legal","Letter","11\" x 17\""}
 
const string DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_WIDTHS_MM[] =  { "210", "297", "148", "216", "216", "216" }
const string DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_HEIGHTS_MM[] = { "296", "420", "210", "356", "279", "279" }

The last two parameters for both vectors are the same, thus defining "Letter" the same size as "11 x 17".
Seems as though it should be this.

const string DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_WIDTHS_MM[] =  { "210", "297", "148", "216", "216", "279" }
const string DOORS_PAGE_SETUP_PAPER_HEIGHTS_MM[] = { "296", "420", "210", "356", "279", "431" }