C / C++ / MFC

21-Jul-14 23:43

Is there a way to retrieve CPrintInfo from a PRINTDLG structure ?
I had tried following code:

C++

	PRINTDLG pd;
	pd.lStructSize = (DWORD)sizeof(PRINTDLG);
	if(AfxGetApp()->GetPrinterDeviceDefaults(&pd))
	{
		CPrintInfo PrintInfo;
???
	}

This CPrintInfo object I want it into a CView constructor ...

Richard MacCutchan22-Jul-14 0:29

22-Jul-14 0:29

Your code merely creates an empty CPrintInfo structure. You should check the documentation[^] for full details.

_Flaviu22-Jul-14 1:22

22-Jul-14 1:22

I see ... and there is no solution to retrieve CPrintInfo in C(My)View constructor ?

Richard MacCutchan22-Jul-14 2:19

22-Jul-14 2:19

The Remarks section on the documentation page states:

CPrintInfo is a structure and does not have a base class.
The framework creates an object of CPrintInfo each time the Print or Print Preview command is chosen and destroys it when the command is completed.

So this control is only available within those two sections of your application, after either menu item is selected. It is possible that you could force this by sending a Print or Print Preview message to your application.

_Flaviu22-Sep-14 1:25

22-Sep-14 1:25

Richard, is there a way to force printpreview to application, in such a way that user see nothing about it, just for retrieving CPrintInfo ? Could you tell me how ?

Richard MacCutchan22-Sep-14 1:29

22-Sep-14 1:29

Flaviu2 wrote:
Could you tell me how ?

Sorry, no, I have never tried such a thing.

_Flaviu22-Sep-14 1:39

22-Sep-14 1:39

Ok, no pb, I have to digg in ... Smile | :)

_Flaviu25-Sep-14 3:36

25-Sep-14 3:36

Richard, I still have a question: I had tried to create manually an CPrintInfo object, just like that:

C++

CPrintDialog pdlg(FALSE);
pdlg.GetDefaults();
HDC hDC = pdlg.CreatePrinterDC();
if(NULL != hDC)
{
    m_pPreviewInfo = new CPrintInfo;
    m_dcPrint.CreateCompatibleDC(CDC::FromHandle(hDC));
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_rectDraw.left = 0;
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_rectDraw.top = 0;
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_rectDraw.right = m_dcPrint.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES);
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_rectDraw.bottom = m_dcPrint.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES);
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_bContinuePrinting = TRUE;
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_bDirect = TRUE;
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_bDocObject = FALSE;
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_bPreview = TRUE;
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_lpUserData = NULL;
    m_pPreviewInfo->m_pPD = &pdlg;
    m_pPreviewInfo->SetMinPage(1);
    m_pPreviewInfo->SetMaxPage(2);
    m_nPages = m_pPreviewInfo->m_nNumPreviewPages;
    m_pPreviewDC = new CPreviewDC;
    m_pPreviewDC->SetAttribDC(m_pPreviewInfo->m_pPD->m_pd.hDC);
    m_sizePrinterPPI.cx = m_dcPrint.GetDeviceCaps(LOGPIXELSX);
    m_sizePrinterPPI.cy = m_dcPrint.GetDeviceCaps(LOGPIXELSY);

    m_nPages = m_pPreviewInfo->m_nNumPreviewPages;
    if (m_nPages == 0)
        m_nPages = 1;
    else if (m_nPages > m_nMaxPages)
        m_nPages = m_nMaxPages;     // Sanity Check!
}

where m_pPreviewInfo and m_pPreviewDC is protected members of CMyCustomPrintPreview:

C++

CPreviewDC* m_pPreviewDC;
CPrintInfo* m_pPreviewInfo;

of the first sight, I had do something wrong on the above code ? Because when I am trying to use m_pPreviewInfo object in CMyCustomPrintPreview::OnDraw, is crashing and I get an access violation on:

C++

_AFXEXT_INLINE UINT CPrintInfo::GetMaxPage() const
	{ return m_pPD->m_pd.nMaxPage; }

Thank you.

Richard MacCutchan25-Sep-14 3:51

25-Sep-14 3:51

I suspect that your CPrintDialog object is going out of scope thus causing this error. You should use new to create it before adding it to your CPrintInfo.

_Flaviu25-Sep-14 21:10

25-Sep-14 21:10

Yes, that was it ... Smile | :)

Thank you. I am go with one step further ... I come beck soon.

modified 26-Sep-14 3:21am.

_Flaviu25-Sep-14 23:17

25-Sep-14 23:17

Yes, I had created dinamically (with new), but when I am trying to clean up in my class destructor, it crashing ...

C++

CPrintPreview::~CPrintPreview
{
    if(NULL != m_pPrintDlg)
        delete m_pPrintDlg; // crash ! <----
}

weird ...

Richard MacCutchan25-Sep-14 23:35

25-Sep-14 23:35

Are you sure that your CPrintInfo object still exists at this point?

_Flaviu25-Sep-14 23:37

25-Sep-14 23:37

I am sure that is not null ... is not enough ? How can assure of CPrintInfo existence ?

Richard MacCutchan26-Sep-14 0:23

26-Sep-14 0:23

It should be enough, but if it has somehow been corrupted, or already deleted then you will get a crash. The only way to check is via the debugger.

_Flaviu26-Sep-14 0:41

problem with COM component

26-Sep-14 0:41

Thank you Richard, deleteing CPrintInfo object is excluded, the destructor is the only place where I explicity delete this object ... I have to dig in ...

john563221-Jul-14 21:34

john5632

21-Jul-14 21:34

I tried to create a COM component for outlook using article "Building an Office2K COM addin with VC++/ATL". When I register COM, COM added in outlook (display a button in oulook), But If I again open outlook (means 2nd time), COM addin is not there.

What I need to change so that COM functionality should be there untill I unregister the COM component?

How to Transfer the Particular Content from Notepad to Notepad from VC++

GopalaKrishnan Gunasekaran20-Jul-14 4:45

GopalaKrishnan Gunasekaran

20-Jul-14 4:45

Hi,

I need VC++ code,for copy the particular data from Notepad to another Notepad.
Example, i have lots of data, i need to copy the particular content from Notepad to another Note pad.

Notepad 1:

XML

<Debug: LogRLZ> arg Answer = windows                        //WINDOWS option will go to excel sheet

<Debug: LogRLZ> arg Answer = patio_doors            //patio_doors option will go to excel sheet

<Debug: LogRLZ> arg Answer = entry_doors            //entry_doors option will go to excel sheet

Notepad 2_expected Result:

windows

patio_doors

entry_doors

Same kind of datas are available in Notepad.

please provide me the vc++ code.

Thanks

Re: How to Transfer the Particular Content from Notepad to Notepad from VC++

Richard MacCutchan20-Jul-14 7:01