OpenEuphoria

Re: Printing/grabbing window contents

• Posted by CoJaBo <cojabo at suscom.net> Jun 09, 2004
• 497 views

I found copyToDib() in Win32Dibi; this just calls bitBlt(),
but is a bit easier to use.

>From Win32Dib docs:
copyToDib(dib, control, x, y, x1, y1, x2, y2)
-- draws the rectangular region (x1, y1) -> (x2, y2) from the control on the dib
at
-- position (x, y)


CoJaBo wrote:
> 
> 
> bitBlt() (I think) can do this; copy the window to a DIB
> (maby created by Win32Dib, therefore allowing you to edit it first),
> which you can then print.
> 
> 
> Gordon Webster wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Dear Euphorians
> > 
> > I would like to layout a window with some
> > text and perhaps some accompanying images,
> > and then be able to print the window as if
> > it were a print preview page. What is the
> > best way to achieve this with Eu/win3lib?
> > 
> > I don't want my users to have to do any
> > ctrl-alt-whatever to manually copy the
> > window (or the screen) to the clipboard.
> > 
> > Is there a way to render the contents of
> > a window (without its borders, titlebar etc.)
> > as postscript or as a bitmap image ready for
> > printing?
> > 
> > Best
> > 
> > Gordon
> > gwalias-bb at yahoo.com
> >
>