Advanced Printer Properties only

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Hello,

In my application, i need to custumize printer dialog, then I don't want to use
printdialog.ShowDialog()

I've made my own dialog, and i wonder if it is possible to call only the window which configures "advanced properties" for a given printer ?

Thanks for all response.

Aurore

Posted 26-Sep-11 20:48pm

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Hello,

Thanks a lot, it works great !

still have an issue.
I obtain a PrinterSettings object, and i need to use PrintTicket.

Do you know how to convert one to other ?

Thanks
Aurore

Posted 28-Sep-11 1:54am

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Valery Possoz · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-27T10:32:00

Hello,

Yes it is possible.

One way to do it is to use the win32 API.

Valery

These are the API you need to use:

C#

[DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "DocumentPropertiesW", SetLastError = true,
        ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
static extern int DocumentProperties(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hPrinter,
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pDeviceName,
        IntPtr pDevModeOutput, IntPtr pDevModeInput, int fMode);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GlobalLock(IntPtr handle);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern bool GlobalUnlock(IntPtr handle);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GlobalFree(IntPtr handle);

And this is how to call them:

C#

PrinterSettings printerSettings = new PrinterSettings();
printerSettings.PrinterName = "HP Deskjet D2400 series";

IntPtr hDevMode = printerSettings.GetHdevmode(printerSettings.DefaultPageSettings);
IntPtr pDevMode = GlobalLock(hDevMode);
var mainWindowPtr = new WindowInteropHelper(this).Handle;

int sizeNeeded = DocumentProperties(mainWindowPtr, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, pDevMode, pDevMode, 0);
IntPtr devModeData = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeNeeded);
DocumentProperties(mainWindowPtr, IntPtr.Zero, printerSettings.PrinterName, devModeData, pDevMode, 14);
GlobalUnlock(hDevMode);
printerSettings.SetHdevmode(devModeData);
printerSettings.DefaultPageSettings.SetHdevmode(devModeData);
GlobalFree(hDevMode);
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(devModeData);

Good luck.

Valery.