Print Related issue

[rajeevktripathi]

Hi I have a dilog based application, what I want is to print the contents of edit box of dialog. I know that CPrintDialog pops the print dialog of windows , but not sure how to move further, ( How to print Edit Zox Context.) So please help me. Thanks

[Ganesh_T]

Check this out: You can save the text into file and then pass that file for printing http://www.codersource.net/mfc_print_tutorial_1.html Cheers "Peace of mind through Technology"

[rajeevktripathi]

Hi Thanks for your reply, Infact I dont a dialog and want to print Edit Box content without saving it to a file. Please reply. Thanks

[Hamid Taebi]

you can use like this(my suggestion) PRINTDLG printdlg; DOCINFO docinfo; ... ... PrintDlg(&printdlg); printdlg.cbSize = sizeof(DOCINFO); printdlg.lpszDocName = "Job"; printdlg.lpszOutput = NULL; StartDoc (printdlg.hDC, &docinfo); StartPage (printdlg.hDC); TextOut (printdlg.hDC,10,10,"This is a sample",16); EndPage (printdlg.hDC); EndDoc (printdlg.hDC);_**

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whitesky

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[rajeevktripathi]

HI googled and studied about printing and now able to print a string buffer. the code is as follows: void CPrint_DialogDlg::OnPrintReport() { char pbuf[100] = "Hello World."; HDC hdcPrn ; // Instantiate a CPrintDialog. CPrintDialog *printDlg = new CPrintDialog(FALSE, PD_ALLPAGES | PD_RETURNDC, NULL); // Initialize some of the fields in PRINTDLG structure. printDlg->m_pd.nMinPage = printDlg->m_pd.nMaxPage = 1; printDlg->m_pd.nFromPage = printDlg->m_pd.nToPage = 1; // Display Windows print dialog box. printDlg->DoModal(); // Obtain a handle to the device context. hdcPrn = printDlg->GetPrinterDC(); if (hdcPrn != NULL) { CDC *pDC = new CDC; pDC->Attach (hdcPrn); // attach a printer DC pDC->StartDoc("test"); // begin a new print job // for Win32 use // CDC::StartDoc(LPDOCINFO) override pDC->StartPage(); // begin a new page SetPrintAlign(pDC, hdcPrn);// set the printing alignment pDC->TextOut(10, 10, pbuf);// write the string in pbuf pDC->EndPage(); // end a page pDC->EndDoc(); // end a print job pDC->Detach(); // detach the printer DC delete pDC; } delete printDlg; } void CPrint_DialogDlg::SetPrintAlign(CDC *pDC, HDC hdcPrn) { short cxPage, cyPage; cxPage = ::GetDeviceCaps (hdcPrn, HORZRES) ; cyPage = ::GetDeviceCaps (hdcPrn, VERTRES) ; pDC->SetMapMode (MM_ISOTROPIC) ; pDC->SetWindowExt ( 1000, 1000) ; pDC->SetViewportExt (cxPage / 2, -cyPage / 2) ; pDC->SetViewportOrg (cxPage / 2, cyPage / 2) ; pDC->SetTextAlign (TA_BASELINE | TA_CENTER) ; } Now here What I want to ask is that : How can I handle if buffer content is of more than one page. Better if provide some code snippet. Thanks in advance.

[Hamid Taebi]

you need to one StartDoc and EndDoc and use StartPage EndPage for another pages StartDoc (pd.hDC, &di); StartPage (pd.hDC); TextOut(pd.hDC,10,10,"This is a sample",16); EndPage (pd.hDC); StartPage (pd.hDC); TextOut(pd.hDC,10,10,"This is a sample",16); EndPage (pd.hDC); EndDoc (pd.hDC);_**

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whitesky

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[rajeevktripathi]

Thanks WhiteSky for your replies. Now problem that I am facing is: in TextOut() method if I have to pass a buffer which consists of some new line (\n) and tab ( \t) characters then this prints ||| for these characters. So please tell me that how can I handle this problem i.e. when I want to print something in new line. Thanks

[Hamid Taebi]

it worked for me CString str="Is this a Test \n 123 \n yes it is \n 456"; StartDoc (pd.hDC, &di); StartPage (pd.hDC); DrawText(pd.hDC,str,str.GetLength(),CRect(0,0,1500,350),DT_EXTERNALLEADING); EndPage (pd.hDC); EndDoc (pd.hDC);_**

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whitesky

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