Hi all
I placed Dave's code in a PRG called PrintFile.PRG which accepts as a
parameter the full path and name of the file to print.
Elsewhere I have some code that looks like this:
<pseudocode> Create text file MyFile.TXT
= PrintFile("MyFile.TXT")
ERASE("MyFile.TXT")
This causes a problem because notepad cannot find the file to print - I
need to somehow wait until Notepad finsihes with the file and only then
let the ERASE command execute. Any suggestions ?
Also is there a way to prevent Notepad printing the file with a
(filename) header and (page number) footer ?
Many thanks
Paul Newton
Dave Crozier wrote:
> * API Call to print out or OPEN a document
>
> Declare Integer ShellExecute In Shell32.Dll ;
> INTEGER nWinHandle,;
> STRING cOperation,;
> STRING cFileName,;
> STRING cParameters,;
> STRING cDirectory,;
> INTEGER nShowWindow
>
> ShellExec("test.pdf","","c:\temp\")
>
> *********
> Procedure ShellExec (exeName, exeParms, exePath)
> Local nStat, errorDesc
>
> * Use the next line to View
> * nStat = ShellExecute(0,"open",exeName,exeParms,exePath,1)
>
> * Use the next line to Print
> nStat = ShellExecute(0,"print",exeName,exeParms,exePath,1)
>
> * If nStat > 32, then it is the Instance Handle
> * To get a Windows Handle see support.microsoft.com/kb/q242308/
> If nStat <= 32
> errorDesc = Icase(nStat=2,"Invalid path or filename", ;
> nStat=8,"Insufficient memory", ;
> nStat=11,"invalid EXE file", ;
> nStat=31,"Invalid action, or no application
> associated with the specified file", ;
> "Error description not available")
> Messagebox("Error "+Ltrim(Str(nStat))+" ...
> "+errorDesc,16,"Program did not start.",2000)
> Endif
>
> Return
>
> Dave Crozier
>
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