INFO: Printing Offset, Page Size, and Scaling with Win32 (115762)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
    • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
    • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
    • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
    • Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q115762
The Win32 documentation for the Escape() function says that the GETPHYSPAGESIZE, GETPRINTINGOFFSET, and GETSCALINGFACTOR escapes are obsolete, but it fails to mention the recommended way to get this information.

The information retrieved by all three escapes can now be retrieved by calling GetDeviceCaps() with the appropriate index:

  • For the GETPHYSPAGESIZE escape, the indexes to be used with GetDeviceCaps() are PHYSICALWIDTH and PHYSICALHEIGHT.
  • For GETPRINTINGOFFSET, the indexes are PHYSICALOFFSETX and PHYSICALOFFSETY.
  • For GETSCALINGFACTOR, the indexes are SCALINGFACTORX and SCALINGFACTORY.
All six new indexes are defined in the file WINGDI.H, though they are missing from the GetDeviceCaps() documentation.

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/7/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB115762