Monkeybread Xojo (Real Studio) plugin - WindowsPrinterInfoMBS class

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WindowsPrinterInfoMBS class

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Console & Web	iOS
class	Printing	MBS Win Plugin	12.1	No	Yes	No	Yes, Windows only	No

Function: The class for details on printer information.
Example:

dim printers(-1) as WindowsPrinterInfoMBS = WindowsPrinterInfoMBS.LocalPrinters

for each p as WindowsPrinterInfoMBS in printers
  MsgBox p.PrinterName
next

Notes:
This class wraps the PRINTER_INFO_2 structure on windows which you find documented here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162845(VS.85).aspx
This is an abstract class. You can't create an instance, but you can get one from various plugin functions.

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20 properties
- property AttributeFlags as Integer
- property AveragePPM as Integer
- property Comment as String
- property CountJobs as Integer
- property Datatype as String
- property DefaultPriority as Integer
- property DevMode as WindowsDeviceModeMBS
- property DriverName as String
- property Location as String
- property Parameters as String
- property PortName as String
- property PrinterName as String
- property PrintProcessor as String
- property Priority as Integer
- property SeparatorPageFile as String
- property ServerName as String
- property ShareName as String
- property StartTime as Integer
- property Status as Integer
- property UntilTime as Integer
2 methods
- method Constructor
- method OpenPrinter(admin as boolean = false) as WindowsPrinterMBS
2 shared methods
- shared method LocalPrinters as WindowsPrinterInfoMBS()
- shared method Printers(flags as Integer, Name as Variant = nil) as WindowsPrinterInfoMBS()
7 constants

Printer Enumeration Flags

Constant	Value	Description
kPrinterFlagsConnections	4	The function enumerates the list of printers to which the user has made previous connections.
kPrinterFlagsDefault	1	Default printer.
kPrinterFlagsLocal	2	If the kPrinterFlagsName flag is not also passed, the function ignores the Name parameter, and enumerates the locally installed printers. If kPrinterFlagsName is also passed, the function enumerates the local printers on Name.
kPrinterFlagsName	8	The function enumerates the printer identified by Name. This can be a server, a domain, or a print provider. If Name is nil, the function enumerates available print providers.
kPrinterFlagsNetwork	64	Network printers?
kPrinterFlagsRemote	16	Remote (non Local) printers?
kPrinterFlagsShared	32	The function enumerates printers that have the shared attribute. Cannot be used in isolation; use an OR operation to combine with another constants.

This class has no sub classes.

Some examples which use this class:

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Win Plugin.

WindowsPrintDialogMBS - WindowsPrinterJobMBS

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