How to compose the printed output with the chart as a part?

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Hi, (Chart FX 98, Windows NT, VC++ 6, ATL, WTL) 

My question is related to a printed output.  Our 

application generates reports (A4 papers) where 

charts are placed at the top half of the page. 

The bottom half is used to place some related, 

generated text.  The question is, how this should 

be done? 

Details 

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The details, described in the following text, may 

determine the approach (not known yet by myself). 

The chart is generated only if required (not 

always).  Because of that, the title of the report 

(on the top of the page) is independent on the 

ChartFX output and the chart component 

does not use the title. 

Preview of the report must be displayed also on 

the screen (identical to the paper output). 

Any kind of interaction with the chart placed in 

the report must be suppresed.  The chart should 

behave as a picture only.  (The interactive 

version of the chart is placed in another window 

and is used to set all the things before 

generating the output report.) 

The user should not be able to change anything in 

the report preview, but he/she is able to zoom 

the preview to see details. (The users of the 

older version of the application typically use the 

preview for working with information, not only 

for checking how the result will be placed on the 

paper.) 

The data of the chart should be also stored to 

disk to reproduce identical report later (e.g. 

next month, next year, etc). The data used for 

generation of the report should be stored in a 

compact form that allow the generation of the 

identical output later. 

If the report is to be printed on more pages, 

then the chart at the top is a subchart of the 

original chart (subrange of the Axis X for that 

page). 

As the chart in the report should be displayed 

both in preview and on the printer, and as it 

should NOT be interactive, should the chart be 

converted firstly to a bitmap for the purpose? 

Could you name some of the method, 

properties to concentrate on? 

Thanks in advance for you help, 

  Petr 

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Petr Prikryl, SKIL s.r.o.,  e-mail: prikrylp at skil dot cz 

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