Virtual Printer Driver

Hi,
I have to develop a virtual printer driver which can do the following stuff:
- generating a bitmap( color/monochrome)
- generation a textfile, in which all DrvTextOut string are stored
- the complete strings should be parsed and replaced, if needed( special
sequences )
- the replaced string should be updated in the bitmap

I have tested both the msplotter sample in which I can easily acess the text
in DrvTextOut
and the oemdll sample in with which I can generate a bitmap.
But the parsing and manipulation of matched string in the bitmap makes me
headaches.
Can a unidriver plugin do all the things?
Any hints, tips are welcome.

Regards,
Harald

Andrei
Wed Dec 10 10:16:19 CST 2003

Harald,

Are you sure you can always access the text with the
msplotter driver? Have you tried printing from Adobe
Acrobat Reader?

Best regards,
Andrei


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>I have to develop a virtual printer driver which can do
the following stuff:
>- generating a bitmap( color/monochrome)
>- generation a textfile, in which all DrvTextOut string
are stored
>- the complete strings should be parsed and replaced, if
needed( special
>sequences )
>- the replaced string should be updated in the bitmap
>
>I have tested both the msplotter sample in which I can
easily acess the text
>in DrvTextOut
>and the oemdll sample in with which I can generate a
bitmap.
>But the parsing and manipulation of matched string in the
bitmap makes me
>headaches.
>Can a unidriver plugin do all the things?
>Any hints, tips are welcome.
>
>Regards,
>Harald
>
>
>.
>

Carey
Wed Dec 10 11:37:15 CST 2003

"Harald Fröba" <hfroeba@gsd-software.com> wrote:

>Can a unidriver plugin do all the things?
>Any hints, tips are welcome.

Might be possible to do it with unidriver, but I think you're better off
with a full driver. If you've already got the basics working, then keep on
the course you're on.


--
Carey Gregory
Windows Print Drivers & Components
http://www.gw-tech.com