Microsoft KB Archive/45422

= Region (Rgn) Routines Not Supported on Apple LaserWriter =

Article ID: 45422

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006



This article was previously published under Q45422



SUMMARY
The Apple LaserWriter does not support Macintosh &quot;regions.&quot;

Page 85 of the &quot;Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family&quot; (published by Addison-Wesley, 1988) states &quot;You should never use regions with any image that will be printed. The LaserWriter's firmware does not support regions.&quot;

This information applies to Microsoft QuickBASIC Version 1.00 for Apple Macintosh Systems. The WINDOW OUTPUT #n statement in QuickBASIC cannot be used to redirect regions to the Apple LaserWriter printer.

You can define and manipulate regions with the following MBLC routines, which are built into QuickBASIC:   NewRgn     OpenRgn     CloseRgn    FillRgnHdl   PaintRgn FrameRgn  PtInRgn     DiffRgn     InsetRgn     RectRgn InvertRgn SectRgn     MapRgn      DragGrayRgn  SetEmptyRgn EmptyRgn  SetRectRgn  EqualRgn    OffsetRgn    EraseRgn FillRgn   CopyRgn     DisposeRgn  XorRgn These MBLC routines are documented in Appendix E.10 on Pages 471 to 497 of &quot;Microsoft QuickBASIC for Apple Macintosh: Language Reference.&quot;

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Keywords: KB45422

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