@class wxPrinterDC
@wxheader{dcprint.h}
- A printer device context is specific to MSW and Mac, and allows access to any
- printer with a Windows or Macintosh driver. See wxDC for further
- information on device contexts, and wxDC::GetSize for
- advice on achieving the correct scaling for the page.
+ A printer device context is specific to MSW and Mac, and allows access to
+ any printer with a Windows or Macintosh driver. See wxDC for further
+ information on device contexts, and wxDC::GetSize() for advice on achieving
+ the correct scaling for the page.
@library{wxcore}
@category{printing}
- @see @ref overview_printingoverview "Printing framework overview", wxDC
+ @see @ref overview_printing, wxDC
*/
class wxPrinterDC : public wxDC
{
public:
- //@{
/**
- Constructor. With empty strings for the first three arguments, the default
- printer dialog is
- displayed. @a device indicates the type of printer and @e output
- is an optional file for printing to. The @a driver parameter is
- currently unused. Use the @e Ok member to test whether the
- constructor was successful in creating a usable device context.
- This constructor is deprecated and retained only for backward compatibility.
+ Constructor. Pass a wxPrintData object with information necessary for
+ setting up a suitable printer device context. This is the recommended
+ way to construct a wxPrinterDC. Make sure you specify a reference to a
+ wxPrintData object, not a pointer - you may not even get a warning if
+ you pass a pointer instead.
*/
wxPrinterDC(const wxPrintData& printData);
+ /**
+ Constructor. With empty strings for the first three arguments, the
+ default printer dialog is displayed. @a device indicates the type of
+ printer and @a output is an optional file for printing to. The
+ @a driver parameter is currently unused. Use the wxDC::Ok() member to
+ test whether the constructor was successful in creating a usable device
+ context.
+
+ @deprecated This constructor is deprecated and retained only for
+ backward compatibility.
+ */
wxPrinterDC(const wxString& driver, const wxString& device,
- const wxString& output,
- const bool interactive = true,
+ const wxString& output, const bool interactive = true,
int orientation = wxPORTRAIT);
- //@}
/**
- Return the rectangle in device coordinates that corresponds to the full paper
- area, including the nonprinting regions of the paper. The point (0,0) in device
- coordinates is the top left corner of the page rectangle, which is the printable
- area on MSW and Mac. The coordinates of the top left corner of the paper
- rectangle will therefore have small negative values, while the bottom right
- coordinates will be somewhat larger than the values returned by
- wxDC::GetSize.
+ Return the rectangle in device coordinates that corresponds to the full
+ paper area, including the nonprinting regions of the paper. The point
+ (0,0) in device coordinates is the top left corner of the page
+ rectangle, which is the printable area on MSW and Mac. The coordinates
+ of the top left corner of the paper rectangle will therefore have small
+ negative values, while the bottom right coordinates will be somewhat
+ larger than the values returned by wxDC::GetSize().
*/
wxRect wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect();
};