GetPrintPreviewBitmapToVariant

Rendering and printing

Description

Returns a byte array containing a BMP image representing a preview of how printing will look.

Syntax

ActiveX

Function PDFlib::GetPrintPreviewBitmapToVariant(PrinterName As String, PreviewPage As Long, PrintOptions As Long, MaxDimension As Long, PreviewOptions As Long) As Variant

Parameters

PrinterName

The name of the printer to use for printing. This is the name that appears in the Windows Print Manager. Use the GetPrinterNames function to return a list of valid printers on the system. A value returned by the NewCustomPrinter function can also be used here.

The page number to preview

PreviewPage

PrintOptions

Use the PrintOptions function to obtain a value for this parameter

MaxDimension

The maximum width or height of the preview bitmap

PreviewOptions

Reserved for future use, should be set to zero.