Re: How to reach WYSIWYG

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Louis Kessler

Posted: 01/30/2002 13:05:43

> From Sergey:

> This is really a problem directly related to WYSIWYG. It is in a difference

> of fonts in smaller and higher resoultions.

> The more magnification in preview you have, the more close result to the

> printer output.

> RichView calculates and stores a position of each text item. But true

> WYSIWYG program must do it for each character.

> RichView tries to solve this problem changing intercharacter spacing in

> preview (when Correction=True), but intercharacter spacing is measured in

> integral pixels and applied between any pair of adjacent characters, so it

> is very rough.

For Print Preview, have you ever thought of drawing on the canvas of a Windows

Metafile instead? This technique is described at:

http://www.undu.com/Articles/000207f.html and at the end of the article you

can download the source code.

I believe TGmPreview which is part of GmPrintSuite at

http://www.murtsoft.com/GmPrintSuite/gmprintsuite.htm also uses the Windows

Metafile technique. They also provide source code and the commercial license

for it is only $49. Personally, I would love a capability such as their

TGmMultipageImage component. :-)

Louis Kessler

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

E-mail: lkessler@lkessler.com

Website: www.lkessler.com