[vwnc] Setting printer preferences from code ...

Anyone done things like setting printer paper size
(host printing on windows) from code?  There is
a method
    primChangeExtent:
in HostPrintJob, but it does not appear to do anything
which is perhaps why its a "prim" method not referenced
anywhere.

My problem is printing to a "pdf" print driver and wanting to
print as "legal size".


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You should be able to do something with DocumentProperties() as per,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167345 

if you add the following to NTPrinterInterface from Windows Goodies
parcel.

DocumentPropertiesA: hWnd hPrinter: hPrinter pDeviceName: pDeviceName
pDevModeOutput: pDevModeOutput pDevModeInput: pDevModeInput fMode: fMode
        <C: BOOL DocumentPropertiesA(HWND  hWnd, HANDLE
hPrinter, LPTSTR  pDeviceName,  PDEVMODE  pDevModeOutput,  PDEVMODE
pDevModeInput,  DWORD fMode)>
        ^self externalAccessFailedWith: _errorCode

It is also totally possible that there is an easier way, like tweaking
prepareHDevMode: and setting dmOrientation and dmPaperSize, but it's
been a looong time since I played with any of that.

-Boris

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Anyone done things like setting printer paper size
(host printing on windows) from code?  There is
a method
    primChangeExtent:
in HostPrintJob, but it does not appear to do anything
which is perhaps why its a "prim" method not referenced
anywhere.

My problem is printing to a "pdf" print driver and wanting to
print as "legal size".


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There is a parcel named:
"WindowsOptions for PrintDialog"

In the contributed section -- It may have what you need...

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Oh that's true, I totally forgot about that one. At least I was on the
right track with DEVMODE, this is basically a preferences wrapper for
various settings that get read/written from/to DEVMODE for print dialog
initialization.

-Boris

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There is a parcel named:
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