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* Copyright (C) 2007-2012, Peter Johnson (www.delphidabbler.com).
*
* $Rev$
* $Date$
*
* Implements a class that manages printing of a document providing information
* about certain view items.
}
unit UPrintMgr;
interface
uses
// Delphi
Classes,
// Project
DB.USnippet, UBaseObjects, UPrintDocuments, UPrintInfo, URTFUtils, UView;
type
/// <summary>Class that manages printing of a document providing information
/// about certain view items.</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>Currently supports printing of snippets and non-empty categories.
/// </para>
/// <para>Generates an RTF formatted document and passes it to the print
/// engine for printing.</para>
/// </remarks>
TPrintMgr = class(TNoPublicConstructObject)
strict private
var
/// <summary>View item to be printed.</summary>
fViewItem: IView;
/// <summary>Returns interface to an object that can generate a print
/// document for the current view item.</summary>
function GetDocGenerator: IPrintDocument;
strict protected
/// <summary>Contructs object for use in printing given view item.
/// </summary>
constructor InternalCreate(ViewItem: IView);
/// <summary>Performs printing of document containing information about
/// view item.</summary>
procedure DoPrint;
public
/// <summary>Prints details of given view item using print engine.
/// </summary>
class procedure Print(ViewItem: IView);
/// <summary>Checks if given view item can be printed.</summary>
/// <remarks>View item must either represent a snippet or a non-empty
/// category to be able to be printed.</remarks>
class function CanPrint(ViewItem: IView): Boolean;
end;
implementation
uses
// Delphi
SysUtils,
// Project
UPrintEngine;
{ TPrintMgr }
class function TPrintMgr.CanPrint(ViewItem: IView): Boolean;
begin
// Can print snippets or non-empty categories
Result := Supports(ViewItem, ISnippetView)
or
(
Supports(ViewItem, ICategoryView)
and
not (ViewItem as ICategoryView).Category.Snippets.IsEmpty
);
end;
procedure TPrintMgr.DoPrint;
var
PrintEngine: TPrintEngine; // object that prints the print document
Document: TRTF; // generated print document
begin
PrintEngine := TPrintEngine.Create;
try
PrintEngine.Title := fViewItem.Description;
Document := GetDocGenerator.Generate;
PrintEngine.Print(Document);
finally
PrintEngine.Free;
end;
end;
function TPrintMgr.GetDocGenerator: IPrintDocument;
var
SnippetView: ISnippetView;
CategoryView: ICategoryView;
begin
Result := nil;
if Supports(fViewItem, ISnippetView, SnippetView) then
Result := TSnippetPrintDocument.Create(SnippetView.Snippet)
else if Supports(fViewItem, ICategoryView, CategoryView) then
Result := TCategoryPrintDocument.Create(CategoryView.Category);
Assert(Assigned(Result), ClassName + '.GetPrintDocument: Invalid view');
end;
constructor TPrintMgr.InternalCreate(ViewItem: IView);
begin
inherited InternalCreate;
fViewItem := ViewItem;
end;
class procedure TPrintMgr.Print(ViewItem: IView);
begin
Assert(Assigned(ViewItem), ClassName + '.Print: ViewItem is nil');
Assert(CanPrint(ViewItem), ClassName + '.Print: ViewItem can''t be printed');
with InternalCreate(ViewItem) do
try
DoPrint;
finally
Free;
end;
end;
end.