PrintDocumentToFileA
Rendering and printing
Description
The trailing A denotes the ANSI (char) DLL entry point; the ActiveX/COM surface exposes only the Unicode form. Behaviour is identical to PrintDocumentToFile and string arguments are interpreted using the current SetAnsiMode code page
Renders certain pages from the selected document to the specified printer. The print output is directed to the specified spool file
Not all printer drivers support the DocInfo.lpszOutput field so results may vary
Syntax
Delphi
Function DLPrintDocumentToFileA(InstanceID: Integer; PrinterName: PAnsiChar; StartPage, EndPage, Options: Integer; FileName: PAnsiChar): Integer;
DLL
int DLPrintDocumentToFileA(int InstanceID, const char * PrinterName, int StartPage, int EndPage, int Options, const char * FileName);
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 |
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| StartPage | The first page to print |
| EndPage | The last page to print |
| Options | Use the PrintOptions function to obtain a value for this parameter |
| FileName | The file name where print output should be spooled to |