See here[^] maybe its helpful for you WhiteSky

Try to use owner-draw menu. There a lots of this stuff at code www.project.com or www.codeguru.com

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Look up the ::PrintDlg Win 32 API Function. There is a flag you can set to retrieve the default information. If you are using MFC, CPrintDlg offers the same functionality. You can get the information without displaying the dialog in either case.

CDC dc; //creating a DC object AfxMessageBox(printername); HDC hdc=CreateDC(NULL,printername,NULL,NULL); dc.Attach(hdc); dc.StartDoc(); dc.StartPage(); dc.Rectangle(100,100,200,200); dc.TextOut(50,50,"Emazines Software Private Limited"); dc.EndPage(); dc.EndDoc(); dc.DeleteDC(); Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 I have a terminal disease. Its called life!

well presumably the user can select an area of the view to print somehow ... when they select print u would figure out what part of the data they have selected in ur document and send that to the printer "... and so i said to him ... if it don't dance (or code) and you can't eat it either f**k it or throw it away" biz stuff   about me

the comboBox has not the limit 32735,the limit is (int)

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Google!!!! tut1[^] tut2[^] sometimes it helps to look at the IL generated code a MS guy on develop.com "answering" .NET issues

Do you mean you want to print to a selected area of the page? If you do, override the OnPrepareDC() function and modify the pInfo->m_rectDraw member var to limit the printable rectangle to your app to the area of interest. You can do that by using something like: pInfo->m_rectDraw.left = pDC->GetDeviceCaps(LOGICALPIXELSX) * inches_offset1 ; pInfo->m_rectDraw.top = pDC->GetDeviceCaps(LOGICALPIXELSY) * inches_offset2 ; And so on... Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 I think I need a new quote, I am on the prowl, so look out for a soft cute furry looking animal, which is really a Hippo in disguise. Its probably me.