[RESOLVED] About Printer...

hello folks, I have a problem,
I want to make a sub that changes the form and number of copies of the printer for the next print job, like:

Private Sub SetPrinterForm(formName As String, copies As Long)

I did the following code with no effects, I don't find where is the error,
please, if you know where is it, please tell me,
thanks a lot, Angel.

Code:

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Private Sub SetPrinterForm(formName As String, copies As Long)
    Dim hPrinter As Long
    Dim cbRequired As Long
    Dim pd As PRINTER_DEFAULTS
    Dim pi2 As PRINTER_INFO_2
    Dim buff() As Long
    Dim dm As DEVMODE
    pd.DesiredAccess = PRINTER_ACCESS_USE Or PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER
    If (OpenPrinter(VB.Printer.DeviceName, hPrinter, pd) <> 0) Then
        If (GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, 0&, 0&, cbRequired) = 0) Then
            ReDim buff(cbRequired) As Long
            If GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, buff(0), cbRequired, cbRequired) <> 0 Then
                Call CopyMemory(pi2, buff(0), Len(pi2))
                dm = pi2.pDevMode
                dm.dmFields = 0
                dm.dmFields = DM_FORMNAME Or DM_COPIES
                dm.dmFormName = formName & Chr(0)
                dm.dmCopies = copies
                pi2.pDevMode = dm
                Call SetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, pi2, 0&)
            End If
        End If
        Call ClosePrinter(hPrinter)
    End If
End Sub

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What error are you getting?

with the above code, I have no error, the problem is that it do nothing, and I need to change printer form and copies at the same time
I would like for example, get a code to change the form and number of copies of a printing job using Win32 APIs, without make use of VB.Printer.Copies

using SetPrinter method,

thanks in advance, Angel.

Hello folks I have solved the problem,
I did some modifications in the code; in few words, this code allow you to set the form and number of copies to the current printer,
I hope this be useful for somebody sometime, see you soon, Angel.

put this in a VB Module:

Code:

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Public Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "OpenPrinterA" (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter As Long, pDefault As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function ClosePrinter Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hPrinter As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function DocumentProperties Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "DocumentPropertiesA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hPrinter As Long, ByVal pDeviceName As String, pDevModeOutput As Any, pDevModeInput As Any, ByVal fMode As Long) As Long
Public Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "KERNEL32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (Destination As Any, Source As Any, ByVal Length As Long)
Public Declare Function GetPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "GetPrinterA" (ByVal hPrinter As Long, ByVal Level As Long, pPrinter As Any, ByVal cbBuf As Long, pcbNeeded As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "SetPrinterA" (ByVal hPrinter As Long, ByVal Level As Long, pPrinter As Any, ByVal Command As Long) As Long
Public Const PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER = &H4
Public Const PRINTER_ACCESS_USE = &H8
Public Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = &HF0000
Public Const CCHDEVICENAME = 32
Public Const CCHFORMNAME = 32
Public Const DM_IN_BUFFER = 8
Public Const DM_OUT_BUFFER = 2
Public Const DM_FORMNAME = &H10000
Public Const DM_COPIES = &H100&
Public Const DM_MODIFY = 8
Public Const DM_COPY = 2
Public Type DEVMODE
    dmDeviceName As String * CCHDEVICENAME
    dmSpecVersion As Integer
    dmDriverVersion As Integer
    dmSize As Integer
    dmDriverExtra As Integer
    dmFields As Long
    dmOrientation As Integer
    dmPaperSize As Integer
    dmPaperLength As Integer
    dmPaperWidth As Integer
    dmScale As Integer
    dmCopies As Integer
    dmDefaultSource As Integer
    dmPrintQuality As Integer
    dmColor As Integer
    dmDuplex As Integer
    dmYResolution As Integer
    dmTTOption As Integer
    dmCollate As Integer
    dmFormName As String * CCHFORMNAME
    dmUnusedPadding As Integer
    dmBitsPerPel As Long
    dmPelsWidth As Long
    dmPelsHeight As Long
    dmDisplayFlags As Long
    dmDisplayFrequency As Long
End Type
Public Type ACL
    AclRevision As Byte
    Sbz1 As Byte
    AclSize As Integer
    AceCount As Integer
    Sbz2 As Integer
End Type
Public Type SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR
    Revision As Byte
    Sbz1 As Byte
    Control As Long
    Owner As Long
    Group As Long
    Sacl As ACL
    Dacl As ACL
End Type
Public Type PRINTER_INFO_2
    pServerName As String
    pPrinterName As String
    pShareName As String
    pPortName As String
    pDriverName As String
    pComment As String
    pLocation As String
    pDevMode As Long
    pSepFile As String
    pPrintProcessor As String
    pDatatype As String
    pParameters As String
    pSecurityDescriptor As SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR
    Attributes As Long
    Priority As Long
    DefaultPriority As Long
    StartTime As Long
    UntilTime As Long
    Status As Long
    cJobs As Long
    AveragePPM As Long
End Type
Public Type PRINTER_DEFAULTS
    pDatatype As String
    pDevMode As DEVMODE
    DesiredAccess As Long
End Type

Public Sub SetPrinterForm(formName As String, Optional copies As Long = 1)
    Dim hPrinter As Long
    Dim cbRequired  As Long
    Dim pd As PRINTER_DEFAULTS
    Dim pi2 As PRINTER_INFO_2
    Dim buff() As Byte
    Dim dm As DEVMODE
    Dim bDevMode() As Byte
    pd.DesiredAccess = STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED Or PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER Or PRINTER_ACCESS_USE
    If (OpenPrinter(VB.Printer.DeviceName, hPrinter, pd) <> 0) Then
        If (GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2&, 0&, 0&, cbRequired) = 0) Then
            ReDim buff(1 To cbRequired) As Byte
            If (GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, buff(1), cbRequired, cbRequired) <> 0) Then
                Call CopyMemory(pi2, buff(1), Len(pi2))
                ReDim bDevMode(1 To cbRequired)
                If (pi2.pDevMode) Then
                    Call CopyMemory(bDevMode(1), ByVal pi2.pDevMode, Len(dm))
                Else
                    Call DocumentProperties(0&, hPrinter, sPrnName, bDevMode(1), 0&, DM_OUT_BUFFER)
                End If
                Call CopyMemory(dm, bDevMode(1), Len(dm))
                dm.dmFormName = formName & Chr(0)
                dm.dmCopies = copies
                dm.dmFields = DM_FORMNAME Or DM_COPIES
                Call CopyMemory(bDevMode(1), dm, Len(dm))
                Call DocumentProperties(0&, hPrinter, sPrnName, bDevMode(1), bDevMode(1), DM_IN_BUFFER Or DM_OUT_BUFFER)
                pi2.pDevMode = VarPtr(bDevMode(1))
                Call SetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, pi2, 0&)
            End If
        End If
        Call ClosePrinter(hPrinter)
    End If
End Sub


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Angel,

Good afternoon.

Can this code be tweaked so that it can assist MS Access in detecting whether an Access report has been sent to the printer?

My objective is to trigger some code when my report has been sent to the printer and not to the screen.

My code is in the "PageHeaderSection" of the report under the OnPrint event.

It works fine but I only need it to execute one time and that is when the user actually sends the report to the printer (i.e. File -> Print). I know that the Print dialog can be open using the Docmd object but it does not expose any of the Print dialog's methods or properties.

Is there any way to adjust this code to assist MS Access in detecting whether the Print dialog is open?

Thanks,

BigJohnT