\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog},
-\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog},
-\helpref{wxPrintDialogData}{wxprintdialogdata},
-\helpref{wxPageSetupDialogData}{wxpagesetupdialogdata},
-\helpref{wxPrintDialog Overview}{wxprintdialogoverview},
-\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc},
+\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog},
+\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog},
+\helpref{wxPrintDialogData}{wxprintdialogdata},
+\helpref{wxPageSetupDialogData}{wxpagesetupdialogdata},
+\helpref{wxPrintDialog Overview}{wxprintdialogoverview},
+\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc},
\helpref{wxPostScriptDC}{wxpostscriptdc}
\wxheading{Remarks}
\constfunc{bool}{GetCollate}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if collation is on.
+Returns true if collation is on.
\membersection{wxPrintData::GetColour}\label{wxprintdatagetcolour}
\constfunc{bool}{GetColour}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if colour printing is on.
+Returns true if colour printing is on.
\membersection{wxPrintData::GetDuplex}\label{wxprintdatagetduplex}
\membersection{wxPrintData::GetQuality}\label{wxprintdatagetquality}
-\constfunc{wxPaperQuality}{GetQuality}{\void}
+\constfunc{wxPrintQuality}{GetQuality}{\void}
Returns the current print quality. This can be a positive integer, denoting the number of dots per inch, or
one of the following identifiers:
\begin{verbatim}
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_HIGH
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_MEDIUM
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_LOW
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_DRAFT
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_HIGH
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_MEDIUM
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_LOW
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_DRAFT
\end{verbatim}
On input you should pass one of these identifiers, but on return you may get back a positive integer
indicating the current resolution setting.
+\membersection{wxPrintData::Ok}\label{wxprintdataok}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{Ok}{\void}
+
+Returns true if the print data is valid for using in print dialogs.
+This can return false on Windows if the current printer is not set, for example.
+On all other platforms, it returns true.
+
\membersection{wxPrintData::SetCollate}\label{wxprintdatasetcollate}
\func{void}{SetCollate}{\param{bool }{flag}}
\membersection{wxPrintData::SetQuality}\label{wxprintdatasetquality}
-\func{void}{SetQuality}{\param{wxPaperQuality}{ quality}}
+\func{void}{SetQuality}{\param{wxPrintQuality}{ quality}}
Sets the desired print quality. This can be a positive integer, denoting the number of dots per inch, or
one of the following identifiers:
\begin{verbatim}
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_HIGH
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_MEDIUM
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_LOW
-wxPRINT\_QUALITY\_DRAFT
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_HIGH
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_MEDIUM
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_LOW
+wxPRINT_QUALITY_DRAFT
\end{verbatim}
On input you should pass one of these identifiers, but on return you may get back a positive integer
is transferred to the application, so it must then be deleted
explicitly.
+\membersection{wxPrintDialog::Ok}\label{wxprintdialogok}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{Ok}{\void}
+
+Returns true if the print data associated with the dialog is valid.
+This can return false on Windows if the current printer is not set, for example.
+On all other platforms, it returns true.
+
\membersection{wxPrintDialog::ShowModal}\label{wxprintdialogshowmodal}
\func{int}{ShowModal}{\void}
\constfunc{bool}{GetAllPages}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the user requested that all pages be printed.
+Returns true if the user requested that all pages be printed.
\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::GetCollate}\label{wxprintdialogdatagetcollate}
\constfunc{bool}{GetCollate}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the user requested that the document(s) be collated.
+Returns true if the user requested that the document(s) be collated.
\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::GetFromPage}\label{wxprintdialogdatagetfrompage}
\constfunc{bool}{GetPrintToFile}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the user has selected printing to a file.
+Returns true if the user has selected printing to a file.
+
+\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::GetSelection}\label{wxprintdialogdatagetselection}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{GetSelection}{\void}
+
+Returns true if the user requested that the selection be printed (where 'selection' is
+a concept specific to the application).
\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::GetToPage}\label{wxprintdialogdatagettopage}
Returns the {\it to} page number, as entered by the user.
+\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::Ok}\label{wxprintdialogdataok}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{Ok}{\void}
+
+Returns true if the print data is valid for using in print dialogs.
+This can return false on Windows if the current printer is not set, for example.
+On all other platforms, it returns true.
+
\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::SetCollate}\label{wxprintdialogdatasetcollate}
\func{void}{SetCollate}{\param{bool }{flag}}
-Sets the 'Collate' checkbox to TRUE or FALSE.
+Sets the 'Collate' checkbox to true or false.
\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::SetFromPage}\label{wxprintdialogdatasetfrompage}
\func{void}{SetPrintToFile}{\param{bool }{flag}}
-Sets the 'Print to file' checkbox to TRUE or FALSE.
+Sets the 'Print to file' checkbox to true or false.
+
+\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::SetSelection}\label{wxprintdialogdatasetselection}
+
+\func{void}{SetSelection}{\param{bool}{ flag}}
+
+Selects the 'Selection' radio button. The effect of printing the selection depends on how the application
+implements this command, if at all.
\membersection{wxPrintDialogData::SetSetupDialog}\label{wxprintdialogdatasetsetupdialog}
\func{void}{SetSetupDialog}{\param{bool }{flag}}
Determines whether the dialog to be shown will be the Print dialog
-(pass FALSE) or Print Setup dialog (pass TRUE).
+(pass false) or Print Setup dialog (pass true).
Note that the setup dialog is (according to Microsoft) obsolete from
Windows 95, though retained for backward compatibility.
\func{bool}{Abort}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the user has aborted the print job.
+Returns true if the user has aborted the print job.
\membersection{wxPrinter::CreateAbortWindow}\label{wxprintercreateabortwindow}
Creates the default printing abort window, with a cancel button.
+
+\membersection{wxPrinter::GetLastError}\label{wxprintergetlasterror}
+
+\func{static wxPrinterError}{GetLastError}{\void}
+
+Return last error. Valid after calling \helpref{Print}{wxprinterprint},
+\helpref{PrintDialog}{wxprinterprintdialog} or
+\helpref{wxPrintPreview::Print}{wxprintpreviewprint}. These functions
+set last error to {\bf wxPRINTER\_NO\_ERROR} if no error happened.
+
+Returned value is one of the following:
+
+\twocolwidtha{7cm}
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPRINTER\_NO\_ERROR}}{No error happened.}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPRINTER\_CANCELLED}}{The user cancelled printing.}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxPRINTER\_ERROR}}{There was an error during printing.}
+\end{twocollist}
+
+
\membersection{wxPrinter::GetPrintDialogData}\label{wxprintergetprintdialogdata}
\func{wxPrintDialogData\&}{GetPrintDialogData}{\void}
\membersection{wxPrinter::Print}\label{wxprinterprint}
-\func{bool}{Print}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{wxPrintout *}{printout}, \param{bool }{prompt=TRUE}}
+\func{bool}{Print}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{wxPrintout *}{printout}, \param{bool }{prompt=true}}
Starts the printing process. Provide a parent window, a user-defined wxPrintout object which controls
the printing of a document, and whether the print dialog should be invoked first.
-Print could return FALSE if there was a problem initializing the printer device context
-(current printer not set, for example).
+Print could return false if there was a problem initializing the printer device context
+(current printer not set, for example) or the user cancelled printing. Call
+\helpref{wxPrinter::GetLastError}{wxprintergetlasterror} to get detailed
+information about the kind of the error.
\membersection{wxPrinter::PrintDialog}\label{wxprinterprintdialog}
Invokes the print dialog. If successful (the user did not press Cancel
and no error occurred), a suitable device context will be returned
-(otherwise NULL is returned).
+(otherwise NULL is returned -- call
+\helpref{wxPrinter::GetLastError}{wxprintergetlasterror} to get detailed
+information about the kind of the error).
The application must delete this device context to avoid a memory leak.
is the recommended way to construct a wxPrinterDC.
\func{}{wxPrinterDC}{\param{const wxString\& }{driver}, \param{const wxString\& }{device}, \param{const wxString\& }{output},
- \param{const bool }{interactive = TRUE}, \param{int }{orientation = wxPORTRAIT}}
+ \param{const bool }{interactive = true}, \param{int }{orientation = wxPORTRAIT}}
Constructor. With empty strings for the first three arguments, the default printer dialog is
displayed. {\it device} indicates the type of printer and {\it output}
is an optional file for printing to. The {\it driver} parameter is
currently unused. Use the {\it Ok} member to test whether the
-constructor was successful in creating a useable device context.
+constructor was successful in creating a usable device context.
This constructor is deprecated and retained only for backward compatibility.
\func{}{wxPrintout}{\param{const wxString\& }{title = "Printout"}}
-Constructor. Pass an optional title argument (currently unused).
+Constructor. Pass an optional title argument - the current filename would be a good idea. This will appear in the printing list
+(at least in MSW)
\membersection{wxPrintout::\destruct{wxPrintout}}
reference) and to return a tuple of four integers.
}
+\perlnote{When this method is overridden in a derived class,
+it must not take any parameters, an return a 4-element list.
+}
+
\membersection{wxPrintout::GetPageSizeMM}\label{wxprintoutgetpagesizemm}
\func{void}{GetPageSizeMM}{\param{int *}{w}, \param{int *}{h}}
\pythonnote{This method returns the output-only parameters as a tuple.}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no arguments and returns a
+2-element list {\tt ( w, h )}}
+
\membersection{wxPrintout::GetPageSizePixels}\label{wxprintoutgetpagesizepixels}
\func{void}{GetPageSizePixels}{\param{int *}{w}, \param{int *}{h}}
\pythonnote{This method returns the output-only parameters as a tuple.}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no arguments and returns a
+2-element list {\tt ( w, h )}}
+
\membersection{wxPrintout::GetPPIPrinter}\label{wxprintoutgetppiprinter}
\func{void}{GetPPIPrinter}{\param{int *}{w}, \param{int *}{h}}
\pythonnote{This method returns the output-only parameters as a tuple.}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no arguments and returns a
+2-element list {\tt ( w, h )}}
+
\membersection{wxPrintout::GetPPIScreen}\label{wxprintoutgetppiscreen}
\func{void}{GetPPIScreen}{\param{int *}{w}, \param{int *}{h}}
factor for drawing text onto the printer. Remember to multiply
this by a scaling factor to take the preview DC size into account.
+\membersection{wxPrintout::GetTitle}\label{wxprintoutgettitle}
+
+\func{wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
+
+Returns the title of the printout
+
\pythonnote{This method returns the output-only parameters as a tuple.}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no arguments and returns a
+2-element list {\tt ( w, h )}}
+
\membersection{wxPrintout::HasPage}\label{wxprintouthaspage}
\func{bool}{HasPage}{\param{int}{ pageNum}}
-Should be overriden to return TRUE if the document has this page, or FALSE
-if not. Returning FALSE signifies the end of the document. By default,
+Should be overridden to return true if the document has this page, or false
+if not. Returning false signifies the end of the document. By default,
HasPage behaves as if the document has only one page.
\membersection{wxPrintout::IsPreview}\label{wxprintoutispreview}
\func{bool}{IsPreview}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the printout is currently being used for previewing.
+Returns true if the printout is currently being used for previewing.
\membersection{wxPrintout::OnBeginDocument}\label{wxprintoutonbegindocument}
\func{bool}{OnBeginDocument}{\param{int}{ startPage}, \param{int}{ endPage}}
-Called by the framework at the start of document printing. Return FALSE from
+Called by the framework at the start of document printing. Return false from
this function cancels the print job. OnBeginDocument is called once for every
copy printed.
The base wxPrintout::OnBeginDocument {\it must} be called (and the return value
-checked) from within the overriden function, since it calls wxDC::StartDoc.
+checked) from within the overridden function, since it calls wxDC::StartDoc.
-\pythonnote{If this method is overriden in a Python class then the
+\pythonnote{If this method is overridden in a Python class then the
base class version can be called by using the method
-\tt{base_OnBeginDocument(startPage, endPage)}. }
+{\tt base\_OnBeginDocument(startPage, endPage)}. }
\membersection{wxPrintout::OnEndDocument}\label{wxprintoutonenddocument}
is called once for every copy printed.
The base wxPrintout::OnEndDocument {\it must} be called
-from within the overriden function, since it calls wxDC::EndDoc.
+from within the overridden function, since it calls wxDC::EndDoc.
\membersection{wxPrintout::OnBeginPrinting}\label{wxprintoutonbeginprinting}
\func{bool}{OnPrintPage}{\param{int}{ pageNum}}
-Called by the framework when a page should be printed. Returning FALSE cancels
+Called by the framework when a page should be printed. Returning false cancels
the print job. The application can use wxPrintout::GetDC to obtain a device
context to draw on.
\section{\class{wxPrintPreview}}\label{wxprintpreview}
-\overview{Printing framework overview}{printingoverview}
-
Objects of this class manage the print preview process. The object is passed
a wxPrintout object, and the wxPrintPreview object itself is passed to
a wxPreviewFrame object. Previewing is started by initializing and showing
The same does not apply to the {\it data} argument.
Test the Ok member to check whether the wxPrintPreview object was created correctly.
-Ok could return FALSE if there was a problem initializing the printer device context
+Ok could return false if there was a problem initializing the printer device context
(current printer not set, for example).
\membersection{wxPrintPreview::\destruct{wxPrintPreview}}
\func{bool}{Ok}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the wxPrintPreview is valid, FALSE otherwise. It could return FALSE if there was a
+Returns true if the wxPrintPreview is valid, false otherwise. It could return false if there was a
problem initializing the printer device context (current printer not set, for example).
\membersection{wxPrintPreview::PaintPage}\label{wxprintpreviewpaintpage}
Will normally be called by the {\bf Print...} panel item on the
preview frame's control bar.
+Returns false in case of error -- call
+\helpref{wxPrinter::GetLastError}{wxprintergetlasterror} to get detailed
+information about the kind of the error.
+
\membersection{wxPrintPreview::RenderPage}\label{wxprintpreviewrenderpage}
\func{bool}{RenderPage}{\param{int }{pageNum}}
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