Print in an SDI application

[nobaq]

Hi, In my MFC SDI application, there is a "File | Print" automatically created from the wizard which prints my CHtmlView successfully. Now I would like to issue this command *manually* from my view. Which method do I need to call? Thank you!

[Paresh Chitte]

Is ShellExecute (with verb "print") helpful ? Regards, Paresh.

[nobaq]

Hi, I do not think so; I have dynamic HTML code written to my CHtmlView which I want to print the same way as with File | Print. I tried a little bit with ShellExecute but it does not work as expected. Regards, Niki

[Jijo Raj]

Use this code snippet to print your view from anywhere. The core idea is to call CView::OnCmdMsg() by passing ID_FILE_PRINT or ID_FILE_PRINT_DIRECT.

// Get the active view.
CFrameWnd* pFrameWnd = (CFrameWnd*)AfxGetApp()->GetMainWnd();
CView* pView = pFrameWnd->GetActiveView();

if( pView != NULL )
{
// Send Print message.
// If you want to print directly, then change ID_FILE_PRINT to ID_FILE_PRINT_DIRECT.
pView->OnCmdMsg( ID_FILE_PRINT, 0, 0, 0 );
}

Regards, Jijo.

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[nobaq]

Thank you, I think this is exactly what I was looking for :-) I'm inside my view anyway, so

this->OnCmdMsg( ID_FILE_PRINT, 0, 0, 0 );

does exactly what I want :-) Regards, Niki