Changing Printer Page Orientation in Mid Stream

[Larry J Siddens]

How do you change the printer orientation once it has started? I have used the samples that I can find on MSDN, but it does not change the orientaion. Like the MFCDVMD example. I use the DocumentProperties API and set the orientation, and it still does not work. I even tried ResetDC with the DEVMODE structure that I get back from DocumentProperties. Zippo! Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. --Larry

[Ryan Binns]

Wrongwayf16 wrote: How do you change the printer orientation once it has started? You can't. If you need to do that, simulate it in your program (rotate all your drawing by 90 degrees). I think there's an article either here or at CodeGuru for a class called CRotDC which lets you draw as normal, and then rotate the entire image by a multiple of 90 degrees. That should help :). Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
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[Larry J Siddens]

Ryan, Thanks for the reply. I will go take a look at CRotDC. I can change the orientation of the page in mid stream, the problem is that I only see text. I do not see any graphics. Like lines, rectangles, pics, ect... I think I maybe corrupting the DEVMODE before I call ResetDC. If you have anymore suggestions or pointers to articals to help I would appericate it. --Larry

[Ryan Binns]

It seems my reply wasn't totally accurate :rolleyes: ResetDC can be used after StartPage() to change the print orientation, but I can't remember ever getting it to work. I've just rotated the graphics output in software. Perhaps I was just doing it the wrong way ;) Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

[Larry J Siddens]

It helps to reset the DC with the proper map modes! D'OH! --Larry