Re: commit (head): win32 print work

From: J.M. Maurer <j.m.maurer_at_student.utwente.nl>
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 01:24:21 CET

ignore that

marc

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 01:22 +0100, J.M. Maurer wrote:
> GetDefaultPrinter seems to be unsupported on Win95/98/ME
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
> us/gdi/prntspol_0hma.asp
>
> If so,
>
> A) this should be worked around
> B) the patch should be reverted.....
>
> Any idea's ?
>
> Marc
>
>
> On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 21:23 +0000, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
> >
> > This is the remainder of making the USP graphics use printer rather
> > than screen font metrics for layout; it works like this: on startup
> > we retrieve metrics for default printer and use it to do layout; when
> > the user choses specific printer to print with, we redo the layout on
> > screen with new metrics. Because font metrics on two different
> > printers tend to be more similar than that those for printer and
> > screen, the layout changes when the printer changes are typically
> > quite small. Most importantly, the printout matches the screen.
> >
> > For now, it only works for the USP graphic; I have no immediate plans
> > to fix the base win32 graphics class which is badly non-WYSIWYG.
> >
> > Outstanding: need to modify the print dialogue to allow choosing
> > printer without printing.
> >
> > files: gr_Win32Graphics.h/cpp, gr_Win32USPGraphics.h/cpp,
> > xap_Win32Dlg_Print.cpp, ut_Win32OS.h/cpp
> >
> > Tomas
> >
>
Received on Wed Nov 10 01:22:23 2004

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