Q180152: HOWTO: Print from an Active Document Server

Article: Q180152
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): WINNT:5.0, 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbole kbprint kbwizard kbVC500 kbVC600
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition, version 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article explains how to print from an Active Document (DocObject) server
while the server is in-place activated in an Active Document container.

MORE INFORMATION
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An Active Document server provides a mechanism for viewing the contents of a
document within a single container, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or
Microsoft Office Binder. Active documents are displayed in the entire client
area of the container, are involved in menu merging, and are always in-place
active.

Microsoft Visual C++ provides an AppWizard that can help you create an Active
Document server implemented using the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC).

When an Active document is in-place activated, a user may want to print the
contents of the document using the Print menu item available on the container
File menu. To provide this functionality in an MFC Active document server,
perform the following steps:

1. Declare an OLE command map in the declaration file for your
  COleServerDoc-derived class as follows:

        class CMyOleServerDoc : public COleServerDoc
        {
           ...
        protected:
           DECLARE_OLECMD_MAP()
        };

2. Implement the OLE command map in the implementation file for your
  COleServerDoc-derived class as follows:

        BEGIN_OLECMD_MAP(CMyOleServerDoc, COleServerDoc)
           ON_OLECMD_PRINT()    // Implements OLE printing
        END_OLECMD_MAP()

REFERENCES
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"Inside OLE" by Kraig Brockschmidt, published by Microsoft Press. "Understanding
ActiveX and OLE" by David Chappell, published by Microsoft Press.

Additional query words: print ON_OLECMD_PRINT Active document DocObj

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Keywords          : kbole kbprint kbwizard kbVC500 kbVC600 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC500 kbVC600 kbVC32bitSearch kbVC500Search
Version           : WINNT:5.0, 6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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