I use XUL for developing apps that operate like real devices (intended for
touch screen displays)
I simply need to allow a user to select a printer without conventional
system window popups
"Daniel Holbert" <dholb...@mozilla.com> wrote in message
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What are "gadget based interfaces", and why do they need to query the
browser to enumerate printers?
~Daniel
On 01/31/2013 02:54 AM, rvj wrote:
Thanks to both,
this is a must have bit of functionality ..
for gadget based interfaces!
"Zack Weinberg" <za...@panix.com> wrote in message
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On 2013-01-30 2:23 PM, Daniel Holbert wrote:
However, be warned that there are patches in bug 629500 to get rid of
nsIPrinterEnumerator entirely (though that bug seems to have stalled a
bit, so I don't know how soon that will happen).
It's blocked on Windows-specific fixes (bug 693230) -- it looks like
there's a patch in there, but nobody bothered to ask for review and
it's also not clear whether it actually works. If anyone has
low-level Windows GUI programming experience and spare brain cycles I
could really use help with that part.
The intention is still to remove nsIPrinterEnumerator entirely. All
the tier-1 platforms nowadays discourage use of the OS-level printer
enumeration APIs, because they have to talk to the network and may
block the calling thread for an indefinite period. You're supposed to
just let the OS-supplied print dialog boxes figure it out for you.
zw
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