hmRep_New Offscreen Area (Width ; Height) → Area

Introduced in v1.0, Preemptive: yes

Parameter	Type	In/Out	Description
Width	Longint	→	Width of the new area and report
Height	Longint	→	Height of the new area and report
Area	Longint	←	Area reference

Description

With the command hmRep_New Offscreen Area you can create a new offscreen area. You have to delete the area with the command hmRep_DELETE OFFSCREEN AREA.
Pass Width and Height of the new area and report into this command. You can also pass in both parameters zero values. In this case, the current report has the bounds of the current printing paper. The result is the area reference.

Example

The following example creates an offscreen area, draws a rectangle into it, and print it:

var $vl_area; $vl_id : Integer

$vl_area:=hmRep_New Offscreen Area(500; 500)
$vl_id:=hmRep_Create Rectangle($vl_area; 100; 100; 400; 400)
hmRep_SET REPORT PROPERTY($vl_area; hmRep_rprop_PrintAsReport; 0; "")
$vl_printresult:=hmRep_Print($vl_area; 2)
hmRep_DELETE OFFSCREEN AREA($vl_area)