Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

[Shawn Barber]

I am trying to add print functionality to a piece of software I am working
with. I have been trying
to use PrintDlg_func to display the Print Dialog with no success. Does
anyone have an example?
Thank you.

Shawn Barber
Sikorsky Aircraft
SBarber@Sikosky.Com



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Re: Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

[Martin C. Carlisle]

In article <SgqT2.7031$_c.2511787@WReNphoon3>,
Shawn Barber <sbarber@snet.net> wrote:
>I am trying to add print functionality to a piece of software I am working
>with. I have been trying
>to use PrintDlg_func to display the Print Dialog with no success. Does
>anyone have an example?

The complete source to AdaGIDE is available from 
http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/mcc_html/adagide.html

As a pointer, look in the print folder for a smaller example.

--Martin

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Martin C. Carlisle, Asst Prof of Computer Science, US Air Force Academy
carlislem@acm.org, http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/carlisle.html
DISCLAIMER:  This content in no way reflects the opinions, standards or 
policy of the US Air Force Academy or the United States Government.

Re: Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

[David Botton]

I don't yet have an example for the Print Dialog on my site The Ada
Source Code Treasury, http://www.botton.com/ada, but there is an example
there for "Using the Open File Common Dialog Box" at
http://www.botton.com/ada/os/win32-opencmdlg.html which is very similar
in nature to the Print Dialog.

David Botton


Shawn Barber wrote:
> 
> I am trying to add print functionality to a piece of software I am working
> with. I have been trying
> to use PrintDlg_func to display the Print Dialog with no success. Does
> anyone have an example?
> Thank you.
> 
> Shawn Barber
> Sikorsky Aircraft
> SBarber@Sikosky.Com
> 
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Re: Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

[Shawn Barber]

   I have my call to PrintDlg_Func setup very close to your example David. I
still could get the Print
Dialog to display so I looked at the last error and I'm getting a "Class
does not exist" error message.
So I am again out of ideas.



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Re: Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

[Shawn Barber]

I have looked at the AdaGIDE code and I'm getting an Invalid Handle error.
This currently isn't part
of any other code. I am trying to display the printer dialog alone. Why
would I get an invalid handle?




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Re: Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

[Martin C. Carlisle]

In article <U8ZT2.17$5z.10909@WReNphoon1-bin>,
Shawn Barber <sbarber@snet.net> wrote:
>I have looked at the AdaGIDE code and I'm getting an Invalid Handle error.
>This currently isn't part
>of any other code. I am trying to display the printer dialog alone. Why
>would I get an invalid handle?

This is a difficult question to answer without more information.  I can 
assure you that the printing code in AdaGIDE has been used successfully 
by many thousands of people.

Perhaps if you posted a small program that only displays the dialog, others
could attempt to replicate your results or provide more detailed guidance.

--Martin

-- 
Martin C. Carlisle, Asst Prof of Computer Science, US Air Force Academy
carlislem@acm.org, http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/carlisle.html
DISCLAIMER:  This content in no way reflects the opinions, standards or 
policy of the US Air Force Academy or the United States Government.

Re: Prints with the Win32Ada Binding

[David Botton]

There is a bug in the binding.

Windows is very particular about the lStructSize parameter since it uses
it to version the calls. The value returned from (PRINTDLGW'Size + 1) /
System.Storage_Unit is 68 and Windows expects 66 (as a sizeof(PRINTDLGW)
in VC indicates). When I have a chance I'll hunt down where the bug is
in the binding and report it. In the interim hard code 66 and hope for
the best :)

David Botton

-- SAMPLE TEST CODE THAT WORKS

with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
with System;

with Interfaces.C; use Interfaces.C;

with Win32.Commdlg;

with Get_Last_Error;

procedure PrintDlg is
   use type Win32.BOOL;

   bIsSuccess        : Win32.BOOL;
   Print_Struct      : aliased Win32.Commdlg.PRINTDLG;

begin
   put_line( Integer'IMAGE((Win32.Commdlg.PRINTDLG'Size +
1)/System.Storage_Unit));
   -- a sizeof(PRINTDLGA) in VC indicates 66 no 68 which is what shows
up
   -- PRINTDLGA and PRINTDLGW are both sized as 66 bytes in the C Win32
API.

   Print_Struct.lStructSize := 66; --(Win32.Commdlg.PRINTDLG'Size +
1)/System.Storage_Unit;
   Print_Struct.hwndOwner   := System.Null_Address;
   Print_Struct.hDevMode    := System.Null_Address;
   Print_Struct.hDevNames   := System.Null_Address;
   Print_Struct.nFromPage   := 1;
   Print_Struct.nToPage     := 1;
   Print_Struct.nMinPage    := 1;
   Print_Struct.nMaxPage    := 1;
   Print_Struct.nCopies     := 1;
   Print_Struct.Flags       := Win32.Commdlg.PD_ALLPAGES or
                              Win32.Commdlg.PD_COLLATE  or
                              Win32.Commdlg.PD_RETURNDC;

   bIsSuccess :=
Win32.commdlg.PrintDlg_Func(Print_Struct'Unchecked_Access);

   if bIsSuccess = Win32.False then
      Put_Line("NO GO!");
   else
       Put_Line("Success!");
   end if;

end PrintDlg;


Shawn Barber wrote:
> 
>    I have my call to PrintDlg_Func setup very close to your example David. I
> still could get the Print
> Dialog to display so I looked at the last error and I'm getting a "Class
> does not exist" error message.
> So I am again out of ideas.