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/Win/Printing/Advanced printing on Windows
Required plugins for this example: MBS Win Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /Win/Printing/Advanced printing on Windows
This example is the version from Sun, 17th Mar 2012.
Project "Advanced printing on Windows.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Delete"
Const kFileQuit = "&Quit"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
End Class
Class Window1 Inherits Window
Control PushButton1 Inherits PushButton
ControlInstance PushButton1 Inherits PushButton
EventHandler Sub Action()
dim g as Graphics = OpenPrinterDialog
if g = nil then Return
dim factor as Double = 1 // when changing printer settings, the resolution is reset to native
for i as integer = 1 to 3
if i = 2 then // 2nd page in landscape
dim mode as new WindowsDeviceModeMBS
mode.Fields = mode.DM_ORIENTATION
mode.Orientation = mode.DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE
if not g.WinEndPageMBS then
MsgBox "Endpage failed"
end if
if not g.WinApplyDevModeMBS(Mode) then
MsgBox "Failed to apply settings."
end if
if not g.WinStartPageMBS then
MsgBox "Startpage failed."
end if
// calculate what factor we need to continue with 72 dpi layout raster
dim info as WindowsGraphicsInfoMBS = g.WindowsGraphicsInfoMBS
factor = info.LogPixelsX/72
elseif i = 3 then // 3rd page in custom format
dim mode as new WindowsDeviceModeMBS
mode.Fields = mode.DM_ORIENTATION+mode.DM_PAPERWIDTH + mode.DM_PAPERLENGTH
mode.Orientation = mode.DMORIENT_PORTRAIT
mode.PaperWidth = 3000 // 30 cm
mode.PaperLength = 1000 // 10 cm
if not g.WinEndPageMBS then
MsgBox "Endpage failed"
end if
if not g.WinApplyDevModeMBS(Mode) then
MsgBox "Failed to apply settings."
end if
if not g.WinStartPageMBS then
MsgBox "Startpage failed."
end if
end if
g.TextSize = 20*factor
g.ForeColor = &c00000
g.DrawString "Hello World: "+str(i), 40*factor, 40*factor
g.DrawLine 0, 0, g.Width*factor, g.Height*factor
next
End EventHandler
End Control
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Undo"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cu&t"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "Select &All"
End MenuBar
End Project
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Win Plugin.
