Printing

pageSetupDialog :: Frame a -> Int -> IO (PageSetupDialog ())

Create a (hidden) page setup dialog that remembers printer settings. It is a parameter to the functions printDialog and printPreview. The creation function takes a parent frame and the initial page margins (in millimeters) as an argument.

pageSetupShowModal :: PageSetupDialog a -> IO ()

Show the page setup dialog

printDialog :: PageSetupDialog a -> String -> PageFunction -> PrintFunction -> IO ()

Show a print dialog.

printPreview :: PageSetupDialog a -> String -> PageFunction -> PrintFunction -> IO ()

Show a preview window

Callbacks

type PageFunction = PageInfo -> PrintInfo -> Size -> (Int, Int)

Return a page range given page info, print info, and the printable size. The printable size is the number of pixels available for printing without the page margins.

type PrintFunction = PageInfo -> PrintInfo -> Size -> DC () -> Int -> IO ()

Print a page given page info, print info, the printable size, the printer device context and the current page. The printable size is the number of pixels available for printing without the page margins

Page and printer info

data PageInfo

Information from the page setup dialog. All measurements are in millimeters.

Constructors

PageInfo
Fields pageSize :: Size The page size (in millimeters) pageArea :: Rect The available page area (=margins) (in millimeters)

Instances

Show PageInfo

data PrintInfo

Printer information.

Constructors

PrintInfo
Fields screenPPI :: Size screen pixels per inch printerPPI :: Size printer pixels per inch printPageSize :: Size printable area (in pixels) = PageInfo pageSize minus printer margins

Instances

Show PrintInfo

Internal

pageSetupDataGetPageInfo :: PageSetupDialogData a -> IO PageInfo

Get page info

pageSetupDataSetPageInfo :: PageSetupDialogData a -> PageInfo -> IO ()

Set page info

printOutGetPrintInfo :: Printout a -> IO PrintInfo

Extract print info

pageSetupDialogGetFrame :: PageSetupDialog a -> IO (Frame ())

Get the parent frame of a PageSetupDialog.