1. Win32 questions--- + Win32Lib qs
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I have a few questions about Win32 and printing. I looked in the =
documentation, and like everything else that file contains (at least =
about making a simple window), confuses me. Somebody know how to =
explain the order of needed routine calls IN ENGLISH? I know you have =
to get the handle of this, the DC of that, and so on, but since i don't =
know which needs what, I dunno! Does the new Win32Lib have printing in =
it? When printing, can you tell Windows what font to use? I also =
noticed that it uses winspool.dll, which what I've gotten from Win32Lib =
(mostly because its commented out), NT doesn't have. If this makes no =
sense to you, tell me and I'll try to fix it...I hope.
Mike Hurley
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2. Re: Win32 questions--- + Win32Lib qs
Mike Hurley wondered:
> Does the new Win32Lib have printing in it?
No, not yet. I was hoping to get Llama released a month ago (it has weak
printing support), but that didn't happen. Perhaps I'll go and patch
Win32Lib to support printing in the mean time.
> When printing, can you tell Windows what font to use?
Yes. Basically, just about any graphic command you can use on the screen can
be used with a printer.
> I also noticed that it uses winspool.dll ...
I call winspool.drv; I *think* that's in NT.
In order to add printing in Win32Lib, I'd probably create a default device
called Printer. The main code changes would be to getDC() and releaseDC(),
which would have to return the DC from SelectPrinter. Printing might look
something like this:
-- select the printer. this ensures that Printer has
-- a DC in it from SelectPrinter.
if choosePrinter() then
-- start of document
startDoc()
-- start of page
startPage()
-- print something
selectFont( Printer, "New Century Schoolbook", 12, Bold )
moveTo( Printer, 1, 1 )
wPuts( Printer, "Hello, World!" )
-- end of page
endPage()
-- end of document
endDoc()
end if
As usual, I'm in the middle of a couple of other projects at the moment.
-- David Cuny
