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| OpenPrinter The OpenPrinter function retrieves a handle to the specified printer or print server. VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "OpenPrinterA" (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter As Long, pDefault As Any) As Long |
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| Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later; Requires Windows 95 or later |
· pPrinterName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the printer or print server.
Windows NT/2000: If NULL, it indicates the local printer server.
· phPrinter
[out] Pointer to a variable that receives a handle to the open printer or print server object.
Windows 2000: The phPrinter parameter can return an Xcv handle for use with the XcvData function. For more information about XcvData, see the Microsoft Windows 2000 Driver Development Kit.
· pDefault
[in] Pointer to a PRINTER_DEFAULTS structure. This value can be NULL. |
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. |
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