Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing /

Chapter 3 - Page Formatting and Dialog Box Customization / Page Formatting and Dialog Box Customization Reference

Constants and Data Types for Format Collection Items

Orientation Information

The collection item ID for orientation information is defined in the following enumeration:

enum { gxOrientationTag = 'layo' };    

QuickDraw GX stores orientation information in the gxOrientationInfo structure:

struct gxOrientationInfo {
   char     orientation;   
} ;

Field Description

orientation

A character that contains the orientation information. For example, a user may choose to print a document in portrait, landscape, or rotated landscape orientation.

QuickDraw GX defines orientation options in the following enumeration:

enum {
   gxPortraitLayout        = (char) 0, 
   gxLandscapeLayout       = (char) 1, 
   gxRotatedPortraitLayout = (char) 2, 
   gxRotatedLandscapeLayout = (char) 3 
};

Constant descriptions

gxPortraitLayout

If set, QuickDraw GX uses portrait orientation for the user-specified page.

gxLandscapeLayout

If set, QuickDraw GX uses landscape orientation for the user-specified page.

gxRotatedPortraitLayout

If set, QuickDraw GX uses rotated portrait orientation for the page.

gxRotatedLandscapeLayout

If set, QuickDraw GX uses rotated landscape orientation for the user-specified page.

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