PRB: Cannot Print Object from an Embedded Window in Viewer

ID Number: Q78389

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WINDOWS

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

In the Microsoft Multimedia Viewer, when attempting to print a 256-

color image from an embedded window, only the text around the

embedded window prints.

CAUSE

Multimedia Viewer version 1.0 does not support printing the content

of an embedded window. The code to support displaying a 256-color

image in an embedded window is provided by a dynamic-link library

(DLL), which is independent of Viewer.

RESOLUTION

One method to work around this lack of support is to copy the

undithered image to the Windows Clipboard using the CopyBmp macro.

Then use a bitmap editor to print the image. (For more information

about the CopyBmp macro, see page 7-8 of the "Microsoft Multimedia

Development Kit Multimedia Viewer Developer's Guide.")

It is also possible to create a DLL to print the embedded window

image. The DLL could be triggered as a hot spot (similar to the

CopyBmp macro). For more information, see the sample DLLs provided

with the Microsoft Multimedia Development Kit (MDK) in the VIEWER

directory. Writing a DLL that interfaces with Viewer is discussed

in chapters 14 and 15 of the "Multimedia Viewer Developer's Guide."

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