Hi,

I have to try to bring some garphics on a report. The special character is solid triangle, one with the peak up, once down. Does anybody have an idea how to solve this?
At the moment I try to help me with a "v" and "/\", but this sign's are not filled.

Another idea is: If the printer (Unix) has somthing like symbol fonts, which have similar characters I could install a userfonts for that.

Any better ideas are welcome.

Thanks
Spartacus

Hi,

If I understood corectly, you want a special font in your report?
You'll need a font editor; change two of your installed font characters to those triangles and that's it.
If you want a logo there are several solutions. Check this board and www.baanfans.com (here was a very extensive discussion about this).
Your ideea with changing printer font is also good, but it's dependent by printer type and driver.

I'll search to see what the exact link are.
Until then good luck

Hi Bogdan,

thanks for your support.
Meanwhile I solved the problem with some "pseudo-graphics" as "V" (triangle with top down) or "/\"(slash-backslash) for top up.

But anyway: Is it possible to use a fonteditor, if you have a Unix-System and just using the printer fonts?

Greetings
Spartacus

:cool: Hi people !

We found a way to print logo/graphics in Baan reports.

Simply use a font editor to incorporate a logo/graphics.
for sure you will need some partice but it's working !

So
1. define the logo/graphics (simply, choose a jpeg or bmp...)
2. Use a font 'trace' utility like C_relTrace
to convert your logo to eps format
3. With C_relDraw, create the new font with your eps
4. In Baan when you print, use preview and change the
font of your choosen characters in your report.
(right click and change the font setting for your newly
created font.)

For more detail, email me

Hi Spartacus,

I don't know what's the situation in Unix case; in theory, depending on your printer it is possible to load new fonts in it.

There is an other solution whith whitch you can print anything you want, but it's a little bit harder: make your report as a html file. In this case you must test a lot until you got an acceptable layout, but if you got a lot of graphics it's worth. The only real problem for this is that your report font will never match the browser font.

I'll check my files to see if I still have those solutions; maybe you can use one of them.

Maybe you can use TeX. Send your report as an ascii file, import it with TeX and put your arrows in it. How to do it?
I'm sure there are a lot of Unix fans around here. (basicaly is similar to html coding but much more powerfull; but my knowledges about TeX are very .... :o )

I'm not working with Unix printers, but in Linux, if my memory is not triking me, I think there is a font editor.

The basic ideea is the one Bob Ino describe it.

You are using an Xserver or only a terminal window?