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PrintDlg (function) (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This function displays a Print or Print Setup dialog box. The Print dialog box enables the user to specify the properties of a particular print job.

For Windows CE 2.10 and later, this function has been replaced by PageSetupDlg (function).

Syntax

BOOL PrintDlg(
  LPPRINTDLG lppd
);

Parameters

  • lppd
    Long pointer to a PRINTDLG (structure) that contains information used to initialize the dialog box. When PrintDlg returns, this structure contains information about the user's selections.

Return Value

If the user clicks the OK button, the return value is nonzero. The members of the PRINTDLG structure pointed to by the lppd parameter indicate the user's selections.

If the user canceled or closed the Print or Printer Setup dialog box or an error occurred, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, use the CommDlgExtendedError function. If the user canceled or closed the dialog box, CommDlgExtendedError returns zero; otherwise, it returns one of the following values:

CDERR_FINDRESFAILURE

PDERR_CREATEICFAILURE

CDERR_INITIALIZATION

PDERR_DEFAULTDIFFERENT

CDERR_LOADRESFAILURE

PDERR_DNDMMISMATCH

CDERR_LOADSTRFAILURE

PDERR_GETDEVMODEFAIL

CDERR_LOCKRESFAILURE

PDERR_INITFAILURE

CDERR_MEMALLOCFAILURE

PDERR_LOADDRVFAILURE

CDERR_MEMLOCKFAILURE

PDERR_NODEFAULTPRN

CDERR_NOHINSTANCE

PDERR_NODEVICES

CDERR_NOHOOK

PDERR_PARSEFAILURE

CDERR_NOTEMPLATE

PDERR_PRINTERNOTFOUND

CDERR_STRUCTSIZE

PDERR_RETDEFFAILURE

Remarks

If the hook procedure (pointed to by the lpfnPrintHook member of the PRINTDLG structure) processes the WM_CTLCOLORDLG message, the hook procedure must return a handle for the brush that should be used to paint the control background.

Calling PrintDlg with dwFlags equal to PD_RETURNDEFAULTDC causes the function to use the last-saved settings or the default settings. This can cause PrintDlg to fail if the settings are not valid. You should use the manual PrintDlg — that is, without the PD_RETURNDEFAULTDC — to choose a valid printer, port, or other destination to ensure that you can print to it.

When you are done with the device context (DC) returned by PrintDlg, call the DeleteDC function to delete it.

Requirements

Header commdlg.h
Library commdlg.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Common Dialog Boxes Functions
CommDlgExtendedError
CreateDC
DeleteDC
PrintHookProc
StartDoc
PageSetupDlg (function)
WM_CTLCOLORDLG
PAGESETUPDLG (structure)
PRINTDLG (structure)