Printing a control

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microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Mon, 21 May 2007 13:42:02 -0700
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<36027250-CE41-457F-98F4-1F45A3FEC924@microsoft.com>
Hello, everyone. I'm wondering if you could assist me in my endeavor to
print the contents of a list box.

I have my list box with about twenty or so items in it. I would send it a
simple WM_PRINT, but the number of items VISIBLE is less than the actual
number of items in the list box, so a scrollbar is inserted into the control;
therefore, when printing, items will be missing.

When I print the contents of the list box, I want it to encompass the ENTIRE
printable area of the sheet of paper; I do not care if it's ANISOTROPIC or
ISOTROPIC. I've tried many ways to print the contents, but all my methods
seems to fail. What's plaguing me is the scaling; I'm having problems with
scaling the image -- sometimes its too small and other times it's too large,
truncating the image. Any help would be much appreciated.

I will now iterate the steps for my code...

To draw the image I call GetListBoxItems

void CMyView::GetListBoxItems(CDC &dc, CBitmap &bm)
{
  CDC memDC;
  memDC.CreateCompatibleDC(&dc);

  // Let's get the size of the approximate rectangle that will encompass all
items
  CSize listRect(m_ListBox.ApproximateViewRect());

  // Now get the maximum printing area of the printer
  CSize printerLP(dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES));

  // Now adjust the memDC
  memDC.SetMapMode(MM_ISOTROPIC);
  memDC.SetWindowExt(printerLP);
  memDC.SetViewportExt(listRec);

  // Create the bitmap now with the correct dimensions
  bm.CreateComaptibleBitmap(&dc, listRect.cx, listRect.cy);
  CBitmap *pOrigBM = memDC.SelectObject(&bm);

  // Now all I do is iterate through each of the items, using LVITEM...
  // For that new item, I memDC.TextOut the item's text
}

Now, let me comment on my code. I know I do not need to create a memory DC,
but I do it for now, for later I will be appending other bitmaps to the
printer DC, but for now I want my list box to encompass the entire page.

Again, the problem is scaling. I believe the issue is stemming from the
mapping mode and setting the extents of the viewport and the window. Again,
I thank you all for perusing my code and assisting me in my predicament.
Should you need more code, I will be more than happy to post it, but I did
not want to intimidate anyone with the amount of code.

Thank you,

Saul775

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