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xcall MIAMEX, MX_WINPTR, status, printer {port, driver, orientation, length, width, formname, duplex, bin, color, resolution}

(Windows/ATE) MX_WINPTR (MIAMEX 120) displays a standard Windows printer selection dialog and returns information about the printer selected. This might be useful for building printer initialization files (see Defining Spoolers) based on the selected printer. Or, you can take it one step farther and just use the full Windows printer name (as returned in the printer parameter) directly when sending files to the printer. For more information, see EZSPLxs and PRINT.LIT.

This function has both a subroutine and a print tab implementation.

Note that this operation can only take place on a GUI-enabled client, either ATE or some form of A-Shell/Windows.

Parameters

All parameters are [out].

Parameter

Type

Description

status

Num

0: User cancelled out of the printer selection dialog
-1: Feature not supported (requires ATE or A-Shell/Windows)
-2: Invalid ATE response (ATE must be build 960+)
>0: OK

printer

String

the descriptive printer name of the printer selected by the user. This is normally the name which appears under the icon in the printer selection window.

port

String

port name. This could be a traditional physical port (like LPT1:), or a logical network port (like NET01: or IP_192.158.200.250).

driver

String

name of the driver. In most cases with newer versions of Windows, this will be the universal spooler driver "winspool" (which in turn calls the hardware-specific driver).

orientation

Num

1=portrait, 2=landscape

length

Num

paper length in tenths of millimeters

width

Num

paper width in tenths of millimeters

formname

String

name of form (e.g. "Letter", "Legal", etc.)

duplex

Num

1=simplex, 2=duplex (vert), 3=duplex (horz)

bin

Num

bin number

color

Num

1=monochrome (B & W), 2=color

quality

Num

If greater than zero, indicates the resolution in DPI. Otherwise: -1 = draft, -2 = low, -3 = medium, -4 = high.

 

See Also

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