IPrinter.StartPrinting Method

Initialize Printing.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function StartPrinting ( _
    ByVal PixelBounds As IEnvelope, _
    ByVal hDcPrinter As Integer _
) As Integer

[C#]
public int StartPrinting (
    IEnvelope PixelBounds,
    int hDcPrinter
);

[C++]
HRESULT StartPrinting(
  IEnvelope* PixelBounds,
  long hDcPrinter,
  long* hDcRet
);

[C++]
Parameters
PixelBounds [in]
  PixelBounds is a parameter of type IEnvelope
hDcPrinter [in]
  hDcPrinter is a parameter of type long
hDcRet [out, retval]
  hDcRet is a parameter of type long

Product Availability

Functional License Check

If your application/site is not appropriately licensed, StartPrinting can return an error of E_LICENSENOTAVAILABLE.

Remarks

The StartPrinting method returns a long that represents the hDC (Windows GDI Device Context handle) of the printer object.  After this method is called, the printer object is ready to receive GDI draw instructions directed to its hDC.

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