hello..

I have a new VB 6.0 simple object drawing program running
on Win 98.  When I call the API Polygon routine to draw
and fill a triangle, the object comes out printed very
tiny on my 600 dpi printer.  The object displays fine on
my display screen.

Is there a way I can make the API polygon rtn scale the
object to my printer's scale?  I read in the API GDI
documentation about the MM_LOENGLISH=4 mode setting for
displaying output on devices, but I don't know how to use
it.

Thank for your help...   don

MM_LOENGLISH is a Mapping mode constant which you can set on a DC (Even on
the Printer's DC directly) using the SetMapMode() API call.  You'll find
more information on it on it's page on the MSDN here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/cordspac_3c6d.asp
You use it as follows:

'***
Dim OldMode As Long
OldMode = SetMapMode(Printer.hDC, MM_LONGLISH)

' Use Printer DC here...

SetMapMode Printer.hDC, OldMode
'***

You'll most likely find the API declare over on Http://www.AllAPI.net/
You may also want to grab the APIDraw library off my page which will
simplify using PolyLine() on the DC for you.
Hope this helps,

    Mike

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