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Re: setPrintJobProperty problem

• Posted by don cole <doncole at pacb?ll.ne?> Oct 31, 2007
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Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> Andy Drummond wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > the point is NOT to merely select the default orientation for a printer,
> > but to be able to make it print in whichever orientation I want under
> > program
> > control rather than under manual intervention control.
> > 
> > If I use the getPefaultPrinter() call, then setPrinterJobPriority() to set
> > the
> > orientation to landscape - i.e. different from the default orientation -
> > then
> > print, it still prints in portrait. But if I use the pageSetup() call, THAT
> > shows the orientation is in landscape (as requested) but hitting cancel
> > still
> > causes the print to be in portrait. So although the apparent orientation had
> > been set, as shown by setPageSetup(), it wasn't changed as far as actual
> > printing is concerned.
> > 
> > What I want to be able to do is click a button to print to the default
> > printer
> > and then for the program to decide whether it wants portrait or landscape 
> > orientation according to the data to be printed.  This is particularly
> > relevant to unmanned programs which just print as required with no-one there
> > to look at the data and decide which way round the paper ought to be.
> > 
> > Apart from which, it should be possible, even fairly straightforward, to be
> > able to make things do what you want in Windows. In reality it is an
> > absolute
> > pain - as colored buttons turned out to be. Why on Earth can't you simply
> > set
> > the color of a button in Windows? Why must it be BTNFACE for all buttons?
> > Same for printing - I need to print to the default printer (and later to be
> > able to choose the printer under software control) and then print to it the
> > way I want. I don't like being forced to jump through Bill Gates' hoops!
> > 
> > Trouble is, I need wonderful prople like Judith and CChris to get around
> > these
> > problems, I am totally incapable of this kind of chicanery.
> > 
> 
> Andy:
> 
> Why can't you just install two different printers  in the CONTROL PANEL
> 
> using the SAME printer.
> 
> Call one my_portrait_printer and the other my_landscape_printer.
> 
> Then setup each for the defaults that you want.
> 
> Then you can decide which orientation you need and send it to the
> 
> correct installed printer.
> 
> Bernie
> 
> My files in archive:
> WMOTOR, XMOTOR, W32ENGIN, MIXEDLIB, EU_ENGIN, WIN32ERU, WIN32API 
> 
> Can be downloaded here:
> <a
> href="http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan">http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan</a>

  Yes,yes 

 This is exactly what I was going to post before I read Bernie's.

Don Cole