The WM_PRINT message is sent to a window to request that it draw itself in the specified device context, most commonly in a printer device context.
A window receives this message through its WindowProc function.
A handle to the device context to draw in.
The drawing options. This parameter can be one or more of the following values.
The DefWindowProc function processes this message based on which drawing option is specified: if PRF_CHECKVISIBLE is specified and the window is not visible, do nothing, if PRF_NONCLIENT is specified, draw the nonclient area in the specified device context, if PRF_ERASEBKGND is specified, send the window a WM_ERASEBKGND message, if PRF_CLIENT is specified, send the window a WM_PRINTCLIENT message, if PRF_CHILDREN is set, send each visible child window a WM_PRINT message, if PRF_OWNED is set, send each visible owned window a WM_PRINT message.
Minimum supported client
|Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]|
Minimum supported server
|Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]|
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