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Re: [udig-devel] Printing plugin creates extra map and page+map 
Jody,
I'm not sure I understand what the labeling issues are. What do you mean when you say labels work the first time but not the second time. The first time doing what?
I loaded up the countries shapefile, labeled it with the country names, and printed it. I saw labels each time I printed, however the labels were a rather funny size (very large). I also saw labels on every new page I created. 

Emily



Jody Garnett wrote:

Hi Luke:

I found some of the functionality in the export > print workflow.

I am actually having trouble with any labels on this release; emily
was asking for feedback as she made some label changes (to account for
labels with the tiled renderer).

Emily here is what I have found:
- labels work the first time
- but not the second :-) Hitting refresh or panning can sometimes
bring them back; it is almost like the rendering process gave up on
them arriving
- when creating a new page the labels often do not show up in the
contained map; right clicking and refreshing the preview can make it
happen

So Luke I think some changes to how label cache is being used have
resulted in your bug report; the problem does not seem limited to the
printing process.

Jody
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Good Afternoon Luke:


G'day,

When using the print plugin in uDig, I'm coming across a few issues. I'd
like to clarify with someone whether they're know bugs, intended behaviour
or something I'm doing wrong.

What version are you using; just so I know where we are starting from.


1) When I print a map, the preview page has lables on layers such as
roadnames on roads. However, when it is sent to the printer, these lables
are not printed.

This may be a mistake; if you look closely you may see the labels are
printed using the correct number of pixels - that is very very small.
This is a problem that was fixed on the development branch of uDig...


2) When I print a map, it opens up a preview window called "page+map".

This is not a preview; it is a new document in your project called a
page. You can print this page multiple times; and you can open up the
embeded Map in order to change the location being printed; or toggle
on and off a couple of layers.

On the development branch of uDig there is the option to directly
print a Map; rather then create a page based on a Map.


 If I close uDig and reopen  it, i will then have 2 coppies of my map and a copy
of this "page+map" window. Each time I print, I get an extra map and another
"page+map".

The functionality you describe should be known as "new page" - it asks
for a template; produces a new page based around a copy of the map.
You can work on this modified version of the Map by choosing it in the
projects view.

Project
+- MapA <-- origional
+- PageA  <-- page
  \-- MapA <-- map being printed



Is anyone aware of these issues and is there anything I can do about them?

I am trying to establish if you are seeing:
- bugs; or
- a workflow that is not clearly documented

Jody


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