Description

Short story: Submit "print to disk" files directly to Windows print spooler.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

• Spool, Shell, and Hook, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, February 1998

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module	Library	Function
SPOOL.BAS	kernel32 winspool.drv	GetProfileString ClosePrinter EndDocPrinter EndPagePrinter OpenPrinter StartDocPrinter StartPagePrinter WritePrinter

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Download

Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution. Download Spool.zip, 11Kb, Last Updated: Monday, 11 January 1999

See Also

The following resources may also be of interest:

• PrnInfo - Hook into the Windows Print Queue to find and control print jobs for any printer.