Re: printable area in MFC applications
On Aug 4, 3:38 am, Joseph M. Newcomer <newco...@flounder.com> wrote:
You only need to post the question once.
joe
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 09:21:37 -0700 (PDT), Vaclav <vjedli...@atlas.cz> wrot=
e:
I noticed the printable area in MFC applications is calculated
incorrectly.
To verify that, I put together a simple document-view project with
default settings. I overrid the OnPaint method of the view and added a
statement that draws a border of the printable area:
void CpokusDrawableAreaView::OnPrint(CDC* pDC, CPrintInfo* pInfo)
{
CView::OnPrint(pDC, pInfo);
pDC->Rectangle(pInfo->m_rectDraw);
}
When the page is printed or print-previewed, 3 edges are very thin but
one is thick. I do not think that is the real printable area of the
printer. I tried various printers.
Please see screenshot here:
http://www.2shared.com/photo/14I-3ZQ9/print_preview.html
Any ideas?
Thanks
Vaclav
Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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I apologize for posting twice. The message did not appear so sent it
again.
I tried to print form other programs (MS Office) and realized that the
printer (HP PSC 1510) really has one non-printable edge very thick (15
mm) and the others are cca 3 mm. So there is no bug in the code.
Problem resolved.
Thanks
Vaclav
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