[REBOL] Re: Printing
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 12-Sep-2003 10:35
Hi Matt,
MM> Ok, I know this gets asked alot, but does anybody know how to print in rebol
MM> using the windows print dialog. I can't just hard code what port or printer
MM> to use because I am making an application for varying users. All help would
MM> be appreciated.
A lot of people use either Gabriele's PDFMaker or write HTML and let
Acrobat or the browser deal with the details. If you want to call the
print dialog to set the printer, that should be doable (with View/Pro
or command for API access), but then you still have the issue of how
to render the data. Do you know how you're going to do that?
In any case, here's the function:
PrintDlg: make routine! compose/deep/only [
; pointer to structure with initialization data
lppd [struct! (LPPRINTDLG-def)] ;LPPRINTDLG
return: [integer!] ;BOOL
] comdlg32.dll "PrintDlg"
and the main struct you'd need:
PRINTDLG: make struct! PRINTDLG-def: compose/deep [
lStructSize [integer!] ; DWORD
hwndOwner [integer!] ; HWND
hDevMode [integer!] ; HANDLE (NULL or pointer to struct)
hDevNames [integer!] ; HANDLE (NULL or pointer to struct)
hDC [integer!] ; HDC
Flags [integer!] ; DWORD
nFromPage [short] ; WORD
nToPage [short] ; WORD
nMinPage [short] ; WORD
nMaxPage [short] ; WORD
nCopies [short] ; WORD
hInstance [integer!] ; HINSTANCE
lCustData [integer!] ; DWORD
lpfnPrintHook [integer!] ; LPPRINTHOOKPROC (decl for NULL, not struct)
lpfnSetupHook [integer!] ; LPSETUPHOOKPROC (decl for NULL, not struct)
lpPrintTemplateName [string!] ; LPCTSTR
lpSetupTemplateName [string!] ; LPCTSTR
hPrintTemplate [integer!] ; HANDLE
hSetupTemplate [integer!] ; HANDLE
] none
I've used it from other languages, but not REBOL, so this is all
untested stuff here.
-- Gregg
