Re[2]: Problem printing text with wxWidgets 3.2.2.1

On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:19:11 +0200 Fulvio Senore wrote:

FS> I never used metafiles so don't understand your sentence. Isn't it 
FS> possible to store the metafile in memory and print it later, together 
FS> with the other commands?

 It is, metafile is exactly a sequence of graphics operations stored in
memory. But metafiles are MSW-only and don't support all graphics
operations.

FS> Anyway, I was thinking of this class of a simple way to print simple 
FS> documents, mainly text-based. Just think of a report. In this case it 
FS> ought to be enough to support text, some simple graphic primitives and 
FS> images in a few standard formats.

 Unfortunately I don't think you can define the boundaries of "simple".
Even the simplest reports may want to embed a logo, so now you also need to
allow printing bitmaps. And you need lines to draw around tables. And so
on.

FS> This is surely a good idea. We could also add a function to get the wxDC.

 I do think we need to keep using wxDC, it's just everything else (i.e.
page setup mostly, I think) that it would be nice to simplify.

 Regards,
VZ

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