GetPrintPreviewBitmapToStringA
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 GetPrintPreviewBitmapToString and string arguments are interpreted using the current SetAnsiMode code page
Returns a binary string containing a BMP image representing a preview of how printing will look.
Syntax
Delphi
Function DLGetPrintPreviewBitmapToStringA(InstanceID: Integer; PrinterName: PAnsiChar; PreviewPage, PrintOptions, MaxDimension, PreviewOptions: Integer): PAnsiChar;DLL
const char * DLGetPrintPreviewBitmapToStringA(int InstanceID, const char * PrinterName, int PreviewPage, int PrintOptions, int MaxDimension, int PreviewOptions);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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| PreviewPage | The page number to preview |
| 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. |