...get the paper size in millimeters?
Author: Simon Grossenbacher
uses
printers;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
papermmx, papermmy: Extended;
begin
Printer.BeginDoc;
{
PHYSICALWIDTH = Dots horizontal of the paper
LOGPIXELSX = DPI (Dots per Inch)
25.4 = To calculte Inch to Millimeter
}
papermmx := GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Canvas.Handle, PHYSICALWIDTH) /
GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Canvas.Handle, LOGPIXELSX) * 25.4;
papermmy := GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Canvas.Handle, PHYSICALHEIGHT) /
GetDeviceCaps(Printer.Canvas.Handle, LOGPIXELSY) * 25.4;
with Printer.Canvas do
begin
TextOut(200, 100, floattostr(papermmx) + ' mm x ' + floattostr(papermmy) + ' mm');
end;
Printer.EndDoc;
end;
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