How to display the document properties for a printer using DllCall() ???

[supersonic]

Hi!

I'm looking for a way to display the standard document properties dialog for a printer using DllCall().

Is there a way to realize this?

For example, the following code:

DllCall("winspool.drv", "bool", "SetDefaultPrinterW", "wstr", $sPrinter)

... sets the default printer.

There are internal functions in WINSPOOL.DRV like "DocumentProperties" and "AdvancedDocumentProperties",

but I am not able to implement them.

Can somebody please help?

Greets,

-supersonic.

[Fire]

Hi supersonic,

I guess you are about File Property

[supersonic]

@Fire:

Hmm, sorry... That's not what I'm looking for...!?

Or may be I'm wrong?

I'm looking for a way to display the document properties window for a printer...

You can achieve this with the following code line:

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /C ' & @WindowsDir & '\system32\rundll32.exe printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /e /n"' & $sPrinter & '"', @WindowsDir & '\system32', @SW_HIDE)

... but I would like to realize this with DllCall() or ObjCreate()...

Greets,

-supersonic.

Edited May 29, 2010 by supersonic

[jennico]

well, i don't think it's what you need, but you find the document settings in the registry:

RegRead("HKCU\Printers\DevModePerUser",$sPrinter)

it's a binary string and depends on the printer, so it is not possible to decrypt it. but by changing the settings and checking the reg string you can detect the needed setting and regwrite it.

but, this is just a method to change the document settings, not what you need.

regards j.

[JoHanatCent]

Tried these options?

DllCall('printui.dll', 'none', 'PrintUIEntryW', 'hwnd', 0, 'ptr', 0, 'wstr', '/?', 'int', @SW_SHOW)