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WindowsAddPrintJobMBS class

// Print Postscript directly to Postscript printer
const PrinterName = "Brother DCP-8085DN"

dim w as new WindowsAddPrintJobMBS

if not w.OpenPrinter(PrinterName) then
  MsgBox "OpenPrinter failed. Is the printer name correct in the source code?"
  Return
end if

const DocName = "My Document"

if not w.StartDocPrinter("My Document", w.kDataFormatRAW) then
  MsgBox "StartDocPrinter failed."
  Return
end if

MsgBox "Print Job ID: "+str(w.JobID)

call w.StartPagePrinter

dim PostScript as string = "%!PS"+EndOfLine.UNIX+".1 setgray"+EndOfLine.UNIX+"0 0 100 100 rectfill"+EndOfLine.UNIX+"showpage"+EndOfLine.UNIX

dim BytesSent as Integer = w.WritePrinter(PostScript)

MsgBox str(BytesSent)+" bytes of "+str(lenb(PostScript))+" bytes sent."

call w.EndPagePrinter
call w.EndDocPrinter

w = nil // close printer

• 5 properties
  • property JobID as Integer
  • property JobPath as String
  • property lastError as Integer
  • property lastErrorMessage as String
  • property PrinterHandle as Integer
• 12 methods
  • method AddJob as boolean
  • method ClosePrinter
  • method EndDocPrinter as boolean
  • method EndPagePrinter as boolean
  • method OpenPrinter(PrinterName as string) as boolean
  • method ScheduleJob as boolean
  • method StartDocPrinter(DocName as string, Datatype as string) as boolean
  • method StartDocPrinter(DocName as string, OutputFile as folderitem, Datatype as string) as boolean
  • method StartDocPrinter(DocName as string, OutputFilePath as string, Datatype as string) as boolean
  • method StartPagePrinter as boolean
  • method WriteJob(data as string) as Integer
  • method WritePrinter(data as string) as Integer
• 2 constants

Constants

This class has no sub classes.

Some examples using this class:

• /Win/Printing/Windows Printer
• /Win/Printing/WinPrint

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