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- This little program will illustrate the method of printing bitmap files
- to the default printer under Windows 3.0 using Visual Basic. It has been
- tested on PostScript and HP LaserJet printers only at this point. If you
- run the executable file and click on the "Print This Image" button you will
- get a printout of the bitmap displayed. The program is hard coded to print
- this bitmap only. The code as written will not print a bitmap larger than
- 32k bytes. This is calculated as (Height*Width)/2 for 16-color and
- (Height*Width)/8 for monochrome images. VB provides no support for palette
- manipulation and therefore neither displays nor prints 256-color images.
-
- If you require support for images ranging from monochrome to 24-bit color
- in PCX or BMP formats then I recommend the custom control available from
- Crescent Software. It also provides support for horizontal and vertical
- scrollbars, mouse events and full printing support of images. For further
- information contact Don Malin at (203) 438-5300.
-
- I am releasing this program into the world even though it is not that clean.
- It illustrates a method from printing bitmaps within VB and is not guaranteed
- in any way for anything. If you have questions I will attempt to answer them
- as time permits. I can be contacted on CIS at 70471,137.
-
- Stephen Cramp
- C/Systems
- 13584 Kennedy Rd. N.,
- Inglewood, Ont
- CANADA L0N 1K0
-