Kbase P6513: How to get the printer setup properties
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
04/02/2005 |
|
Status: Unverified
GOAL:
How to get the printer setup properties
GOAL:
How to get the printer properties like page size, page orientation, printer name,...
FIX:
Using progress itself you can get several properties from the printer:
1. Page size: you have a function called PAGE-SIZE, which has as a parameter the name of the output stream. If you don't put any name then it will take the default output stream. But if you first do a OUTPUT TO PRINTER and you set the printer, it will take this printer.
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2. Printer name and printer port: You have the SESSION parameters like PRINTER-NAME and PRINTER-PORT.
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3. For other setup parameters you have two options:
a. Read the information from the windows registry.
b. Use an ocx created to get that information.