[python-win32] Strange printing with Pythonwin

Jesus Aguillon jesus at aguillon.com
Sun Dec 17 21:53:57 CET 2006


>
>
> Jesus Aguillon wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I am experiencing a problem when I try to print a script from within
> > PythonWin.  I will occasionally only get  blank pages printed.  When I
> try
> > to preview the print it will also show blank pages.  It seems that this
> is
> > an intermittent problem since at times it will print correctly.  Has
> anyone
> > experienced a similar issue?
> >
> > I am running on Windows XP SP2 and the following is displayed when I
> bring
> > up PythonWin.
> >
> > PythonWin 2.5 (r25:51908, Sep 19 2006, 09:52:17) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
> (Intel)]
> > on win32.
> > Portions Copyright 1994-2006 Mark Hammond - see 'Help/About PythonWin'
> for
> > further copyright information.
> >>>> C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\scintilla\view.py:641:
> > DeprecationWarning: 'L' format requires 0 <= number <= 4294967295
> >  fr = struct.pack('LLIIIIIIIIll', hdcRender, hdcFormat, rc[0], rc[1],
> > rc[2], rc[3], rc[0], rc[1], rc[2], rc[3], pageStart, lengthDoc)
> >
> > Thank you,
> > --
> > jesusATaguillonDOTcom
>
> >From looking at the struct.pack format, I think you're running into DC
> handles
> with negative values.  Pywin32 treats handles as signed longs.
> There appears to be a difference in how 2.4 and 2.5 handle them:
>
> 2.4:
> >>> struct.pack('l',-4100000)
> '`p\xc1\xff'
> >>> struct.pack('L',-4100000)
> '`p\xc1\xff'
>
>
> 2.5:
> >>> struct.pack('l',-4100000)
> '`p\xc1\xff'
> >>> struct.pack('L',-4100000)
> __main__:1: DeprecationWarning: 'L' format requires 0 <= number <=
> 4294967295
> '\x00\x00\x00\x00'
>
> Try changing the sruct.pack format to lower case l's, and if that solves
> your problem
> I'll change it in CVS.
>
>       Roger



I changed to lower case l's and that seems to have done the job.

Thanks!
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