SAMPLE: Mfccdc Demonstrates Viewport and Mapmode Use in MFC

ID: Q195028

The information in this article applies to:

The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), included with:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 6.0

SUMMARY

The Mfccdc sample demonstrates how to set the Mapmode, Viewport, and Window parameters, and draws a rectangle based on given logical coordinates; then, the sample calculates the resulting device units.

The sample shows how to use the following functions:


   SetMapMode()
   SetWindowExt()
   SetViewportExt()
   SetWindowOrg()
   SetViewportOrg()
   LPtoDP()
   NormalizeRect()

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

Mfccdc.exe
Release Date: SEP-10-1998

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Steps to Run the Sample

Once the sample is running, parameters to the above-mentioned functions can be changed in a dialog box, which effectively updates the rectangle and the calculated device units.

REFERENCES

VC Online help - "CDC class members" and "Converting from Device Coordinates to Logical Coordinates."

Charles Petzold's book, "Programming Windows," ISBN 1-55615-264-7.

Additional query words: kbDSupport mapmode viewport MM_ISOTROPIC MM_ANISOTROPIC MM_LOENGLISH MM_HIENGLISH MM_TWIPS MM_TEXT


Keywords          : kbfile kbMFC kbVC400 kbVC410 kbVC420 kbVC500 kbVC600 
Version           : WINNT:4.0,4.1,4.2,5.0,6.0
Platform          : winnt 
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Last Reviewed: August 5, 1999