Print Preview Printer Selection Not Wide Enough

[Walt]

The following issue was posted on our internal issue tracking system. It is referring to the TeeChart.NET print preview dialog.

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In the Print Preview for the application, the Printer drop-down list box is much too short.

My default printer is down, so I want to send to another printer. Because the Printer field in Print Preview is so narrow, I can't really make out the printer names, so I just send to some random printer, and then wait for the OS's print acknowledgment message to see the full name of the printer.

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Additional details: We are using TeeChart.NET 2.0, in which the printer selection drop-down list is about 140 pixels wide. (I don't know about newer versions of TeeChart.NET.) The main thing is that the actual list that drops down be made wide enough for long printer names (not shown in screenshot), but ideally the drop-down control itself (as shown in screenshot) could also be made wider or resize automatically when the dialog is resized. At a minimum, a tooltip that shows the full printer name would at least work around the problem.

Note: The screenshot below is from my system to illustrate the issue, but for the user that filed this issue, there are many similar printer names (which embed some location information like building and floor and also start out with long server names).

For example:
\\longServerName\Floor3-PrinterModel12345-1
\\longServerName\Floor3-PrinterModel12345-2
\\longServerName\Floor3-PrinterModel12345-3
\\longServerName\Floor3-PrinterModel54321-1

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[Sandra]

Hello Walt,

I could reproduce your problem here. I have added in wish-list with number[TF02014607] to be improved in future releases.


Thanks,

[Walt]

Have you made any progress on this issue? If so, which version(s) of TeeChart have the fix? Thanks.

[Sandra]

Hello Walt,

Sorry, but a fix for the bug is still pending. I have increase its priority, to be treated soon as possible.

Thanks,

[Narcís]

Hi Walt,

I have enhanced this a little bit for next TeeChart for .NET 2010 maintenance release. It now looks like this:

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