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Required plugins for this example: MBS Win Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /Win/Print To Printer
This example is the version from Thu, 16th Dec 2015.
Project "Print To Printer.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Löschen"
Const kFileQuit = "Beenden"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
End Class
Class Window1 Inherits Window
Control PopupPrinter Inherits PopupMenu
ControlInstance PopupPrinter Inherits PopupMenu
EventHandler Sub Open()
// add printer names ot the popupmenu
for each w as WindowsPrinterInfoMBS in WindowsPrinterInfoMBS.LocalPrinters
me.addRow(w.PrinterName)
me.RowTag(me.ListCount-1) = w
next
End EventHandler
End Control
Control Label1 Inherits Label
ControlInstance Label1 Inherits Label
End Control
Control PushButton1 Inherits PushButton
ControlInstance PushButton1 Inherits PushButton
EventHandler Sub Action()
// now we have nice setupstring
dim ss as string = ps.SetupString
'MsgBox str(len(ss))
// parse it in device mode, to retain settings there
dim d as WindowsDeviceModeMBS = WindowsDeviceModeMBS.FromSetupString(ss)
if d = nil then
// or start with a blank one
d = new WindowsDeviceModeMBS
end if
// change printer
if PopupPrinter.ListIndex >= 0 then
dim w as WindowsPrinterInfoMBS = PopupPrinter.RowTag(PopupPrinter.ListIndex)
// set device name
d.DeviceName = w.PrinterName
else
MsgBox "No printer selected."
Return
end if
// enable duplex
'd.Fields = BitwiseOr(d.Fields, d.DM_DUPLEX)
'd.Duplex = d.DMDUP_HORIZONTAL
// get back as setup string
dim da as string = d.SetupString
if da = "" then
MsgBox "failed to create setup string"
Return
end if
// assign back
ps.SetupString = da
// and print something
dim g as Graphics = OpenPrinter(ps)
g.DrawString "Page on "+d.DeviceName, 50, 50
End EventHandler
End Control
EventHandler Sub Open()
// xojo's class to store printer setup
ps = new PrinterSetup
End EventHandler
Property ps As PrinterSetup
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&Ablage"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Bearbeiten"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Rückgängig"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "&Ausschneiden"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Kopieren"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Einfügen"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "&Alles auswählen"
End MenuBar
End Project
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Win Plugin.
