Microsoft KB Archive/108185

3.10 WINDOWS kbref kbtlc

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The information in this article applies to:


 * FastTips for the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.1

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INSTRUCTION
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Dial the toll-free FastTips number (800) 936-4300.


 * 1) When prompted, select the Windows Software Development Kit.
 * 2) Press one (1) on your phone keypad to select Express Order Service.
 * 3) When prompted, select the delivery method, fax.
 * 4) When prompted, enter your three-digit area code and seven-digit fax number on your phone keypad.
 * 5) When prompted, enter the number of the Item ID and press #, for up to five items.

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ITEM ID ARTICLE TITLE PAGES
Q 10212 Definition of a Region                                          1 Q 10834 GDI Simulation Routines and Device Drivers for Windows          1 Q 10837 A Discussion of Windows Fonts                                   2 Q 11270 CreatePen and CreatePenIndirect Use Predefined Styles       1 Q 11863 Printer Page Area in Windows                                    1

Q 19899 Restoring Objects in a Metafile DC                              1 Q 22131 Using a Different Hardware Font Instead of the Default          1 Q 22135 Windows DEVICEDATA Escape Usage                                 1 Q 22538 Information About Clipping, GetDeviceCaps and GDI             1 Q 26000 Print Manager Print Job File Limit and WM_SPOOLERSTATUS         1

Q 28344 PRB: PlayMetaFile Not as Fast as More Complex Technique       1 Q 29733 Drawing a Different Icon for Each Application Instance          3 Q 32667 Font Metrics and the Use of Negative lfHeight                   3 Q 33252 Expanded BANDINFO Documentation                                 3 Q 34843 The Four Classes of Device Banding                              2

Q 35857 PRB: Some Windows GDI Functions Fail on Banding Printers        1 Q 39802 Windows SDK: Limit of Logical Coordinate System in Windows      1 Q 40234 EndPage, NEXTBAND, and NEWFRAME Reset DC Attributes           1 Q 44094 GETPHYSPAGESIZE Landscape vs. Portrait Mode                     1 Q 51739 Changing Printer Parameters from an Application                 1

Q 62740 Changing the Palette of Colors on a Nonpalette Device           2 Q 64759 wsprintf %s Parameters Not Cast to LPSTR                      2 Q 66595 Using SetDIBitsToDevice with a Memory Device Context          1 Q 66949 Windows Metafile Functions & Aldus Placeable Metafiles      2 Q 66950 Playing a Metafile into Another Metafile in Windows             1

Q 68114 Using a Fixed-Pitch Font as the System Default                  1 Q 68296 Windows 3.x Metafiles Support DeleteObject                    1 Q 68574 Performance Differences Between LineTo and Polyline         1 Q 68802 Obtaining Support for Adobe Type Manager (ATM)                  1 Q 71146 PRB: SDK Sample Applications Use Incorrect Background Brush     1

Q 71230 ExtTextOut Instead of TextOut to Improve Performance        1 Q 72021 Font Rotation Under Microsoft Windows                           1 Q 72460 Baseline Shifts in Cell When Character Italicized               2 Q 72691 Banding, Printing, and the Number of Bands                      1 Q 73674 Icon and Cursor Size Determined by Display Driver               1

Q 74044 Logical and Physical Coordinate Relationship                    2 Q 74291 Microsoft Windows Caches Five Display Contexts                  1 Q 74560 Charts and Graphs for Windows-Based Applications                1 Q 74601 Using GetDIBits                                               2 Q 74704 Supporting PostScript Features in Windows                       2

Q 75339 Steps to Send a Document to a Printer                           2 Q 75430 PRB: Available Memory Decreases When Print Job Terminated       1 Q 75435 Windows, Code Pages, and Character Sets                         2 Q 75471 Basics of Banding Printing in Windows                           2 Q 75911 Paper Sizes 50 through 56 Reserved for PostScript Driver        1

Q 76260 How to Create Device-Independent Printing Code                  2 Q 77467 Verifying the Printer Connection                                2 Q 77551 Using ExtDeviceMode with DM_COPY                              1 Q 77884 PRB: Complex Printing Region Printed Incorrectly                1 Q 78451 Detecting EGA.SYS                                               1

Q 79212 Drawing Transparent Bitmaps                                     3 Q 80080 Converting Between Device-Dependent Bitmaps and DIBs            3 Q 81497 Discussion of Metafiles                                         7 Q 82167 DeviceCapabilities(DC_BINNAMES) Data Format                     1 Q 82168 PRB: "Orphan" Metafiles Not Tracked by Debugging Windows        1

Q 82232 CopyMetaFile Creates Incorrectly Sized Destination            1 Q 83998 PRB: PrintDlg Returns PDERR_NODEVICES w/ HP DeskJet           1 Q 84055 PRB: GDI Functions Do Not Affect Printer Device Context         1 Q 84926 PRB: Loading Metafile Causes "Cannot Convert Picture" Error     1 Q 85202 Technical Details of TrueType Fonts in Software Library         1

Q 85285 PRB: Petzold's COLORS1 Sample Application Consumes Resources    2 Q 86269 PRB: IBM Proprinter Draft Mode Unavailable Under Windows 3.1    1 Q 88458 Windows TrueType Fonts Reading List                             3 Q 89445 Causes for Failure of DC-Creation Functions                     2 Q 89571 PRB: Colors Lost Printing Color Metafile on Color Printer       1

Q 92529 Reasons for Failure of Bitmap Functions                         3 Q 94602 PRB: How to Work Around WMFDCODE 64K Limitation                 1 Q 94607 PRB: MULTIPAD Sample from Win 3.1 SDK Gives Printing Error      1 Q 94646 Using GetCharABCWidths to Calculate Text Extents              3 Q 95392 Managing Icons Extracted Using ExtractIcon                    1

Q 97342 Utilizing High Color Resolution Devices                         1 Q 98268 PRB: Metafiles and Palettes                                     3 Q 99801 Increasing the Transmission Retry Timeout for Printing          1 Q 99802 Enabling and Disabling Print Manager                            1 Q 101413 Diagnosing Printing Problems in Your Application               3

Q 104570 Reading and Writing Icons from ExtractIcon                     3 Q 107171 Nesting Scalable Metafiles                                     2 Q 110663 Getting/Setting the Default Printer from Windows               2 Q 111010 An Alternative to SpoolFile                                  5 Q 112387 How GDI Sends Data to the Printer                              1

Q 113254 Calculating MM_HIMETRIC Units for the METAFILEPICT             3 Q 114601 PRB: dmPrintQuality Does Not Affect Text Print Quality         2 Q 119453 PRB: GDI Heap Fills Up While Playing a Metafile                1 Q 119454 PRB: Creating Many Fonts Causes a GPF in Windows 3.1           1 Q 124649 How to Print a Single Line Without Formfeed                    3

Q 128237 PRB: Polyline Fails with NULL Clipping Region                  1

End of listing. Additional query words: 3.10

Keywords         : kb16bitonly kbDSupport kbSDKWin16 Version          : Platform         : Issue type       : kbinfo Last Reviewed: June 28, 1999