Re: landscape printing
- Posted by "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Dec 29, 2003
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Broker" <bkb at cnw.com> To: <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: RE: landscape printing > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/userinput/commondialogboxlibrary/aboutcommondialogboxes/pagesetupdialogbox.asp > > > The Page Setup dialog box lets the user set the following attributes of > the printed page: > > * The paper type (envelope, legal, letter, and so on) > * The paper source (manual feed, tractor feed, sheet feeder, and so on) > > * The page orientation (portrait or landscape) > * The width of the page margins > > -- Brian Yes, we all know this already. This is not news. The question though was how does one code a program to place a printer into 'Landscape Mode' as opposed to getting a User to respond to a dialog box. It would appear that the program needs to set the appropriate data fields in the DEVMODE structure and use this somehow. I haven't spent a lot of time on this yet. -- Derek > Derek Parnell wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bernie Ryan" <xotron at bluefrognet.net> > > To: <EUforum at topica.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:55 AM > > Subject: RE: landscape printing > > > > > > > I think you will have to use escape codes to switch the printer > > > into the landscape mode. > > > > Isn't this why God created device drivers? > > > > -- > > Derek > > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > >