DK - Printing
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Q10286 -  What type of support is provided for creating hardcopy output (screen prints or plots) All Windows graphics printers are supported. Maps can be exported to raster image formats, e. g. BMP, TIFF (GeoTIFF) PNG, and JPEG. Print-preview functionality is supported as are templates. The DK also provides ... (Modified: 2005-12-22)

Q10551 -  How do you recommend that I add high resolution map printing to my DK based application? If you wish to print from vector map data, we can recommend two options: 1) Visit www.wptools.com to order the wPDF engine. This engine will allow you to produce PDF natively from your DK application. There are ... (Modified: 2008-06-06)

Q10538 -  Can mosaic printing be performed with the DK? For example, I want to be able to split the printing of a big map into 6 pages, with 1/6th of the map printed on each page. Is this possible? Yes, this is doable with the DK, if you provide some additional required information. Please refer to the DK Pri ... (Modified: 2005-12-22)

Q10472 -  I am having difficulty printing to scale with my DK application. Can you offer any advice on this issue? For printing to scale, it is important to set up the proper ratio between the output PageWidth and the TGIS_Viewer.VisibleExtent.Width. The TGIS_Viewer.VisibleExtent.Height varies with the output ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10565 -  I am using transparent bitmaps for my symbols. Normally this works great but when printing from some printers (especially Postscript) the symbols appear ugly and black and white. Not all printers support transparent bitmap printing. The workaround is use vector WMF, CGM, or Truetype symbols instead. ... (Modified: 2005-12-22)

Q10285 -  During a long-run operation, such as printing, can I call any DK function? Definitely it is not recommended. To prohibit this, we suggest that you handle the OnBusy event to show and update a progress bar. It is highly recommended that such progress bar be in separated dialog box which will be displ ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10778 -  How to use XGIS_TemplatePrint in C# code? Sample code: private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { / attach actual viewer to the XGIS_ControlPrintPreviewSimple PrintPreview.GIS_Viewer = GIS.Viewer; / create new printtemplate object XGIS_TemplatePrint tpl = new XGIS_TemplatePrintClass( ... (Modified: 2007-11-07)

Q10506 -  GIS. VisibleExtent seems to be not work during my print operation. GIS. VisibleExtent is working when printing, but it is providing the extent in the context of the printer. If you want to use VisibleExtent to modify your map placement, etc. obtain the VisibleExtent before entering print. ... (Modified: 2004-04-06)

Q10510 -  Is WYSIWYG printing of the displayed map supported by the DK? Yes. For guidance, please refer to the PrintPreview sample in DK Sample Set#4. ... (Modified: 2005-12-22)

Q10511 -  How can I print both the large map window, plus the legends, mini-map window, etc? At present, only the large map window is printing. Please refer to these samples in DK sample Set 4: PrintPreview, OnPrintPage code, and GIS.PrintRect. (The TatukGIS free Viewer demonstrates how it is possible to allo ... (Modified: 2004-04-06)

Q10545 -  When I am debugging the DK-ActiveX print preview features in VB6, the OnPrintPage control does not work properly. Only the first page is displayed properly. On the next page, or the same page after changing the printer, the OnPrintPage event does not fire and the printing is performed using the stan ... (Modified: 2005-12-22)