From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
Subject: Re: Laser printing from ADA (Windows)
Date: 1998/10/25
Date: 1998-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96-heb-2.07.981025223903.36612B-100000@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 363376e7.127480@SantaClara01.news.InterNex.Net
On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Tom Moran wrote:
> The original question was about printing, though. If you know
> enough of the Windows API to draw text and graphics in a screen
> window, you are very nearly there to printing. You just need to do
> your drawing to a printer, rather than screen window, "device
> context", plus a little setup to account for which printer, and the
> special characteristics of that printer, and handling end of page etc.
This is all true. So I thought some one already encapsulated this
functioanllity. Alas, as usual, reuse is more of a dream than a reallity.
Maybe someday it will be easier to find components you need. Until now the
best way seems to write code yourself. Some much for Bazars etc.
Ehud Lamm mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il
http://www2.cybercities.com/e/ehud/ada ADA & SE
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-10-25 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-23 0:00 Laser printing from ADA (Windows) Ehud Lamm
1998-10-24 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-10-25 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-25 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-10-25 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm [this message]
1998-10-26 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-10-26 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-26 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-10-26 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-27 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Arun Mangalam
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-29 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Arun Mangalam
1998-10-28 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1998-10-28 0:00 ` dennison
1998-11-06 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-24 0:00 ` Al Christians
1998-10-24 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
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