#348 DrJava won't save to PDF (mac)
I'm trying to make a program that creates a new PDF file using reportPrinter. However, upon running the program, the print menu opens, and picking "Save as PDF" does nothing. It doesn't save a new PDF file, nor does it change an old one if I try to overwrite it. Printing the code itself also does not work.
The code I am trying to print is:
`package Assign_6_1;
import BasicIO.; // for IO classes
import java.util.; // for Dates
import static BasicIO.Formats.; // for field formats
import static java.lang.Math.; // for math constants and functions
/* This class ...
*
* @author <your name="">
* @version 1.0 (<date>) </date></your>/
public class A {
// private ASCIIDataFile f;
private ReportPrinter report;
// private ASCIIOutputFile o;
// instance variables
/** This constructor ... */ public A ( ) { // f = new ASCIIDataFile(); // o = new ASCIIOutputFile(); report = new ReportPrinter(); //report.addField("name", "Team Name", 10); report.addField("points", "Points", 10); // for ( ;; ) { // if (f.isEOF()) break; report.writeString("points","this is a test"); // o.writeInt(calcPoints(1,3)); // }; // o.close(); System.out.println("save"); report.close(); System.out.println("closed"); // statements }; // constructor private int calcPoints ( int goalsFor, int goalsAgainst ) { int points; points = 1; if (goalsFor > goalsAgainst) { points++; }; if (goalsFor < goalsAgainst) { points--; }; return points; }; public static void main ( String[] args ) { A c = new A(); }; ` The multiple commented code lines are all things I've tried that didn't change the result. DrJava simply won't print to PDF on my computer (MacBook Pro 2018 running 10.14 Mojave). I do get the "save" and "closed" lines in my interactions pane, so the code does proceed past those points, but it just won't save the file. The DrJava information is:
DrJava Version : drjava-20160913-225446
DrJava Build Time: 20160913-225446
DrJava Configuration File: /Users/work/.drjava
Used memory: about 120.56 megabytes
Free memory: about 254.94 megabytes
Total memory: about 375.50 megabytes
Total memory can expand to: about 3.56 gigabytes
(this version is mandatory - it must be that one)
Sorry about the formatting issues regarding the code.
Hi Christian,
I have never used the ReportPrinter library class. Does your program run
from the command line? If you send me the source code for your program (as
an attachment?) I can try running it on my Linux and Windows machines. I
no longer use Macs for a variety of reasons. I don't own one personally
and we no longer have any Macs in my research lab.
Best,
Corky
On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 3:00 PM Christian halt19@users.sourceforge.net
wrote:
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Support Requests: #348
I ran the program on a Windows machine and it worked, so I assume it was something to do with the OS and the way Macs handle printing. Thank you for offering to help, but I think I'll just work from the other machines in the lab. I was just wondering if anyone with a Mmac had run into problems with save to PDF, as it also does not work on saving the code itself (not just the output report, but the actual code).