interface/wx/dcprint.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        dcprint.h
   3 // Purpose:     interface of wxPrinterDC
   4 // Author:      wxWidgets team
   5 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   6 // Licence:     wxWindows license
   7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   8
   9 /**
  10     @class wxPrinterDC
  11
  12     A printer device context is specific to MSW and Mac, and allows access to
  13     any printer with a Windows or Macintosh driver. See wxDC for further
  14     information on device contexts, and wxDC::GetSize() for advice on achieving
  15     the correct scaling for the page.
  16
  17     @library{wxcore}
  18     @category{printing}
  19
  20     @see @ref overview_printing, wxDC
  21 */
  22 class wxPrinterDC : public wxDC
  23 {
  24 public:
  25     /**
  26         Constructor. Pass a wxPrintData object with information necessary for
  27         setting up a suitable printer device context. This is the recommended
  28         way to construct a wxPrinterDC. Make sure you specify a reference to a
  29         wxPrintData object, not a pointer - you may not even get a warning if
  30         you pass a pointer instead.
  31     */
  32     wxPrinterDC(const wxPrintData& printData);
  33
  34     /**
  35         Return the rectangle in device coordinates that corresponds to the full
  36         paper area, including the nonprinting regions of the paper. The point
  37         (0,0) in device coordinates is the top left corner of the page
  38         rectangle, which is the printable area on MSW and Mac. The coordinates
  39         of the top left corner of the paper rectangle will therefore have small
  40         negative values, while the bottom right coordinates will be somewhat
  41         larger than the values returned by wxDC::GetSize().
  42     */
  43     wxRect GetPaperRect() const;
  44 };
  45