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In article <1992Dec22.095037.25822@cuug.ab.ca> mcneillb@cuug.ab.ca writes:

>I have a problem concerning printing in Landscape mode in
>Windows 3.1 in a program that I am writing with Borland C++
>version 3.1.  What is frustrating about this is that
>everything works when I print Portrait mode but nothing
>prints under Landscape mode (Laserjet IIIsi or Roland 9
>pin).  I'm under the impression that there is no difference
>in my code for Portrait and Landscape modes since windows
>handles the print orientation.  Could I be wrong??  It
>wouldn't be the first time!  I have tried some other source
>code (DLGDEMO4 from PC-Magazine July 1992 by Ray Duncan, for
>example) and have found that these programs also fail to
>print in Landscape mode.
>
>If I use landscape mode the window does not refresh from the
>print dialog box and the program hangs on the EndPage
>function until I cancel the print job.  Nothing is sent to
>the printer.  Something is sent to the Print Spooler (a
>StartDoc or StartPage) but no record of anything to
>physically print.  If I click anywhere other then the cancel
>print job button in my abort print dialog, I might have to
>cntrl-alt-del the program to kill it.  I know that my
>printer works with Landscape mode since NotePad and other
>applications print Landscape mode just fine.  Could my
>problem be something that I'm missing or could it be some
>undocumented function or what?  
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Blake McNeill
>
>@cuugnet.cuug.ab.ca
>
>Does a psychic's phone ever ring??
>
>
>

Sounds like a bug in your printer driver?  Why not try installing another
printer driver - one of the well-known ones such as PostScript or HP
LaserJet - and see if the problem still occurs.  Set the printer port to
"file" if you don't actually have another printer.

BTW, I've written lots of Windows software that does landscape-mode
printing, and it all works fine!

Chris
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