Article List for Windows GDI Programming Issues

The information in this article applies to:

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

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  to five items.

ARTICLE LISTING

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