Microsoft KB Archive/75110

RepMgr.exe Manages Printing Reports in Applications

Q75110

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

SUMMARY

RepMgr.exe is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that contains source code for a Windows module that manages the generating of reports from an application. The following seven services are provided:

Printing textual data in a fixed-pitch font
Numbering each page of the report
Printing headers and footers and the date on each page
Activating the appropriate printer-setup dialog box
Activating a printer selection dialog box
Printing some very simple graphics
Providing a basic Print Preview operation

The following is a list of three enhancements that one might add to provide additional functionality:

Provide support for proportional fonts with tabs
Print bitmap graphics
Format the text

This article discusses the services that this module provides and contains a code fragment that demonstrates using some of the services to print a simple report.

MORE INFORMATION

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

RepMgr.exe

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The interface to the report generator is as follows:

   BOOL PrinterControl(int iCommand, int iParam, LPSTR szParam);

Functions:

   iCommand         iParam                 szParam
   --------         ------                 -------
   PC_SETCOLS       # of columns           Not used
   PC_SETROWS       # of rows              Not used
   PC_PRINT         Not used               Not used
   PC_CLEARALL      Not used               Not used
   PC_ADDLINE       -1 for next line,
                    (n) for line # to add  LPSTR to line
   PC_ADDBAR        -1 for width of page,  LPSTR to character
                    (n) for bar width      (NULL = '-')
   PC_SETPAGENUM    Page number            Not used
   PC_SETHEADERn    Not used               LPSTR to header, NULL = clear
   PC_ADDHEADERn    Not used               Not used
   PC_SETFOOTER1    Not used               LPSTR to header, NULL = clear
   PC_ADDFOOTER1    Not used               Not used
   PC_STARTJOB      Not used               Not used
   PC_ENDJOB        TRUE = OK,
                    FALSE = Abort          Not used
   PC_SETTITLE      Not used               LPSTR to title
   PC_SETPRINTMODE  PC_CODE_PRINT or
                    PC_CODE_PREVIEW        Not used
   PC_GRAPHICS      Not used               LPGRAPHPARAMBLOCK

The following code prints a sample report:

   void DoSampleReport (int iMode)

   {

   int  i;
   char szText[80];

   PrinterControl(PC_SETPRINTMODE, iMode, 0L);
   PrinterControl(PC_SETCOLS, 80, 0L);
   PrinterControl(PC_SETROWS, 55, 0L);

   PrinterControl(PC_SETHEADER1, 0, "Header #1");
   PrinterControl(PC_SETHEADER2, 0, "Header #2");
   PrinterControl(PC_SETHEADER3, 0, "Header #3");

   PrinterControl(PC_SETTITLE, 0, "Sample Report");
   PrinterControl(PC_STARTJOB, 0, 0L);
   PrinterControl(PC_CLEARALL, 0, 0L);

   PrinterControl(PC_ADDBAR, -1, "=");
   PrinterControl(PC_ADDLINE, -1, "Added line");

   for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
     {
     wsprintf(szText, "Loop Added Line #%d", i + 1);
     PrinterControl(PC_ADDLINE, -1, szText);
  }

   PrinterControl(PC_ADDBAR, -1, "=");
   PrinterControl(PC_PRINT, CUR_PRINT_MODE, NULL);

   PrinterControl(PC_ENDJOB, HARDCOPYONLY, NULL);

   }

The following functions are provided to set up and select the printer:

   PrinterSetupDialog();
   PrinterSelectDialog();

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbfile kbprint kbsample kbGDI _IK kbSDKWin16
Issue type : kbinfo
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310