Opens a printer channel, giving it a document title, and optionally displaying printer control, font, and progress indicator dialog boxes
Syntax:
call "PC_PRINTER_OPEN" using printer-handle
document-title
by value flags
by value window-handle
returning status-code
Parameters
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printer-handle
- Call prototype (see
Key): cblt-x4-comp5
- Picture: pic x(4) comp-5.
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document-title
- Group predefined as
cblt-printer-name containing:
01 cblt-printer-name typedef.
03 cblte-pn-name-length cblt-x2-comp5. *> pic x(2) comp-5.
03 cblte-pn-name cblt-x1. *> Occurs depending on
*> cblte-pn-name-length. pic x(n).
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flags
- Call prototype (see
Key): cblt-x4-comp5
- Picture: pic x(4) comp-5.
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window-handle
- Call prototype (see
Key): Numeric literal or cblt-x4-comp5
- Picture: Numeric literal or pic x(4) comp-5.
-
status-code
- See
Library Routines - Key.
On Entry:
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cblte-pn-name-length
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The length of the document title
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cblte-pn-name
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The title of the document to be printed
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flags
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A set of bits to define printer options:
- Bit 0
- Display a printer control dialog to allow you to define the printer characteristics (cannot be used with bit 2 or bit 3)
- Bit 1
- Display a font dialog box to allow you to define the default font for the document
- Bit 2
- Print in portrait orientation (cannot be used with bit 0 or bit 3)
- Bit 3
- Print in landscape orientation (cannot be used with bit 0 or bit 2)
- Bit 4
- Display a progress indicator dialog box
All remaining bits are reserved for future use and should not be set
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window-handle
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Handle of parent window to use for positioning of dialog boxes. If handle is 0 the dialog boxes will be positioned in a system-dependent position on the screen.
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printer-handle
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Returns a handle to be used for subsequent printer operations for a successful open.
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status-code
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Printer Handling Routines Return Codes
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