Printing Long CStrings to Multiple Pages

Environment: VC6 SP4, NT4 SP3

This is an very easy example how to print a (long) CString buffer ( CStringList ) on several pages and how to get the Print Preview to work properly. I don't know if this is the right way to do this but I have looked everywhere but haven't found a good solution. I havent had time to figure out how to set the pInfo->SetMaxPage(nMaxPage); parameter yet. Maybe somebody could post it in the article.

void CPrintExampleView::OnPrint(CDC* pDC, CPrintInfo* pInfo)
{
  CRect strRect(0,0,0,0);
  CRect rcCalcText(0,0,0,0);
  int nStringheight=0,nStringwidth=0, nRowSpace = 0;
  TEXTMETRIC tm;

  pDC->SetMapMode(MM_TEXT); // Sets the mapping mode

  // Set the start of the Print Position
  nPrintPos = m_PrintStrings.GetHeadPosition();

  int nCurPage = (pInfo->m_nCurPage);
  for ( int c=1; c <= nCurPage; c++)
  {
    int iY = 300;  // Initial Y coordinate
    for( nPrintPos; nPrintPos != NULL && (iY < m_iVerticalSize ); )
    {
      pDC->GetTextMetrics(&tm);

      CString strTmp = m_PrintStrings.GetAt( nPrintPos );

      // Space between rows depending on the fontsize.
      nRowSpace = tm.tmExternalLeading;

      // Calc the Height of the String, that can different 
      // if using newline etc.
      pDC->DrawText(strTmp, rcCalcText, DT_CALCRECT);
      nStringheight = rcCalcText.Height();


      strRect.left=200;
      strRect.right = pDC->GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES);
      strRect.top=iY;
      strRect.bottom = strRect.top + nStringheight;


      //Draw the tabbed text to a specific position
      CString tab1,tab2;

      // Instead of \t I choosed to control my tab position myself.
      int tabPos = strTmp.Find("\t");
      if ( tabPos != -1 )
      {
        tab1 = strTmp.Left(tabPos);
        tab2 = strTmp.Right(strTmp.GetLength()-tabPos-1);
            //  AfxMessageBox(tab2);
      }
      else
        tab1 = strTmp;

      // Draw the text..
      if ( nCurPage == c )
      {
        // Attach header font to the header text.
        pDC->SelectObject(&m_HeadingFont);
        PrintPageHeader(pDC,pInfo);

        // Attach Body font to the body text.
        pDC->SelectObject(&m_BodyFont2);

        pDC->DrawText( tab1, 
                       strRect, 
                       DT_WORDBREAK | DT_EXPANDTABS);
        strRect.left=strRect.right/6*2;
        pDC->SelectObject(&m_BodyFont);
        pDC->DrawText( tab2, 
                       strRect, 
                       DT_WORDBREAK | DT_EXPANDTABS);

      }

      m_PrintStrings.GetNext( nPrintPos );

      // Calculate the next start position
      int x = strRect.bottom;
      iY = ( nRowSpace + x);
    }
    if ((iY > m_iVerticalSize) && nCurPage == c)
      break;
  }
}

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