PrintJobSettings Class

The PrintJobSettings class lets users access printers and their device settings.

Syntax

class PrintJobSettings extends Object

Run On

Called

Methods

	Method	Description
	addTrayPageCopy
	allPages	Controls whether the All or Pages option button should be selected when you run the sysPrintForm.
	appendToTextFile
	banding
	cancelTimeOut	Cancels a previous method call to the setTimeOut method. (Inherited from Object.)
	clearTrayPageCopy
	clientPrintJobSettings
	collate
	copies
	copyDescription
	deviceName	Selects a printer or retrieves the deviceName of the selected printer.
	disableBody
	doNotOverwrite
	enableBody
	enableCopies
	enableDevice
	enablePages
	enableProperties
	enableStoreInPrintArchive
	enableTarget
	equal	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current one. (Inherited from Object.)
	facename2number
	fileName
	finalize
	fitToPage
	format
	from
	getFacename
	getFacenameInfo
	getFontInfo
	getGlyphWidthsArray
	getNumberOfClientPrinters
	getNumberOfFacenames
	getNumberOfPrinters	Returns the number of printers that are set up on the computer.
	getNumberOfServerPrinters
	getNumberOfTrays
	getPrinter	Gets the deviceName of a printer.
	getRunOn
	getTarget
	getTextWidthInPPI	Calculates the physical width of the specified string, given the current settings.
	getTimeOutTimerHandle	Returns the timer handle for the object. (Inherited from Object.)
	getTray
	getTrayName
	handle	Retrieves the handle of the class of the object. (Inherited from Object.)
	hDC
	lockDestinationProperties
	mailCc
	mailSubject
	mailTo
	new	Initializes a new instance of the Object class. (Overrides the new Method.)
	notify	Releases the hold on an object that has called the wait method on this object. (Inherited from Object.)
	notifyAll	Releases a lock on the object that was issued by the wait method on this object. (Inherited from Object.)
	numberOfCopyDescriptions
	objectOnServer	Determines whether the object is on a server. (Inherited from Object.)
	outputToClient
	outputToPrnFile
	owner	Returns the instance that owns the object. (Inherited from Object.)
	packNamesAndPrinterData
	packPageSettings	Stores the data that is selected during page formatting in a container.
	packPrinterSettings
	packPrintJobSettings
	packSubtotalSettings
	pageCopy2Tray
	pageFormatting
	paperOrientation
	paperTray
	paperTrayRaw
	performanceTest
	preferredFileFormat
	preferredMailFormat
	preferredOrientation
	preferredTarget
	printerAttributes
	printerAveragePPM
	printerComment
	printerDatatype
	printerDefaultPriority
	printerDriverName
	printerLocation
	printerPageHeight
	printerPageWidth
	printerPaper
	printerParameters
	printerPortName
	printerPrinterName
	printerPrintProcessor
	printerPriority
	printerQueuedJobs
	printerRunOn
	printerSepFile
	printerServerName
	printerSettings
	printerShareName
	printerStartTime
	printerStatus
	printerUntilTime
	reportRun
	requestedDeviceName
	requestedRunOn
	rulerInch
	rulerMetric
	rulerOff
	runClient
	runServer
	sectionsPerPage
	setTarget	Sets the print medium.
	setTimeOut	Sets up the scheduled execution of a specified method. (Inherited from Object.)
	singleLargePage
	skipBitmapsInRTF	Controls whether bitmaps are included when reports are printed to an .rtf file.
	storeInPrintArchive
	suppressScalingMessage
	to
	toString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Overrides the toString Method.)
	unpackPageSettings	Sets the page settings, such as paper size and orientation.
	unpackPrinterSettings
	unpackPrintJobSettings
	unpackSubtotalSettings
	unprintableBottom
	unprintableLeft
	unprintableRight
	unprintableTop	Indicates the distance from the top of the paper to the printable area of the paper.
	usageCount	Returns the current number of references, that is, the value of the reference counter, that the object has. (Inherited from Object.)
	viewerType
	virtualPageHeight
	wait	Pauses a process. (Inherited from Object.)
	warnIfFileExists
	xml	Returns an XML string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

PrintJobSettings is used by the SysPrintForm form.

Examples

The following example writes the name of the default printer and lists the available printers.

void printerInfo() 
{    
    printJobSettings pjs; 
    int i; 
  
    pjs = new PrintJobSettings(); 
    print "The default printer is ", pjs.DeviceName(); 
    print "There are ", pjs.GetNumberOfPrinters(), " printers"; 
    i = 1; 
  
    while (i<=pjs.GetNumberOfPrinters())  
    { 
        print "Printer No. ", i, " is ", pjs.GetPrinter(i);  
        i++; 
    } 
    pause; 
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object Class
  PrintJobSettings Class
    ClientPrintJobSettings Class

See Also

ReportRun.prompt Method