How to print HTML using QHTM

Firstly, to print HTML you do not need a QHTM window. It may seem strange for a control to not require a window but it allows for greater flexibility.

Generally speaking you would use the following pseudo code to print HTML:

Create a QHTM print context.
Set the HTML text you wish to print.
Determine how many pages a print will span.
For each page
Print the page.
Destroy the QHTM print context.

Here is some simple sample code taken and simplified from the API example:


//
//	Get a printer DC
PRINTDLG  pd = { 0 };
pd.lStructSize = sizeof(pd);

pd.Flags = PD_NOSELECTION | PD_NOPAGENUMS | PD_USEDEVMODECOPIES | PD_RETURNDC;
pd.hwndOwner = hwndParent;

if( !PrintDlg( &pd ) )
	return;

DOCINFO di = { 0 };
di.cbSize = sizeof(di);
di.lpszDocName = g_pszTitle;

if( !PrintDlg( &pd ) )
	return;

QHTMCONTEXT qhtmCtx = QHTM_PrintCreateContext( g_nZoomLevel );
if( StartDoc( pd.hDC, &di ) > 0)
{
	if( QHTM_PrintSetTextFile( qhtmCtx, g_pcszFileToPrint ) )
	{

		const RECT rcPage = { 0, 0, GetDeviceCaps( pd.hDC, HORZRES )
			, GetDeviceCaps( pd.hDC, VERTRES ) };

		//
		//	Layout our HTML and determine how many pages we need.
		int nNumberOfPages;

		//	We should check this return value but for brevity...
		(void)QHTM_PrintLayout( qhtmCtx, pd.hDC, &rcPage, &nNumberOfPages );


		//
		//	For each page...
		for( int iPage = 0; iPage < nNumberOfPages; iPage++ )
		{
			if( StartPage( pd.hDC ) <= 0 )
			{
				//	Error
				break;
			}

			//
			//	Print our actual page
			if( !QHTM_PrintPage( qhtmCtx, pd.hDC, iPage, &rcPage ) )
			{
				//	Error
				break;
			}

			if( EndPage( pd.hDC ) <= 0 )
			{
				//	Error
				break;
			}

		}
		if( iPage < nNumberOfPages || EndDoc( pd.hDC ) <= 0 )
		{
			//
			//	Error handling //to do
		}
	}
}

//
//	Some cleanup.
DeleteDC( pd.hDC );
pd.hDC = NULL;
(void)QHTM_PrintDestroyContext( qhtmCtx );

Example

There are both MFC and API style examples of how to print.

The MFC example demonstrates using the standard doc-view mechanism complete with print preview.

The API example demonstrates standard API printing and also demonstratses a method you could use to add headers and footers to your printouts.