by Duncan Jones (19 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(3 Votes)
Shows the printer document properties dialog box from code.
Side Effects
This entry in Shell32.dll is only present in version 4.71 and above (Windows NT 4 and Internet Explorer 4.0 or above)
API Declarations'SHSTDAPI_(BOOL) SHInvokePrinterCommandA(HWND hwnd, UINT uAction, LPCSTR lpBuf1, LPCSTR lpBuf2, BOOL fModal);
Private Declare Function SHInvokePrinterCommand Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHInvokePrinterCommandA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal uAction As enPrinterActions, ByVal Buffer1 As String, ByVal Buffer2 As String, ByVal Modal As Long) As Long
Public Enum enPrinterActions
PRINTACTION_OPEN = 0
PRINTACTION_PROPERTIES = 1
PRINTACTION_NETINSTALL = 2
PRINTACTION_NETINSTALLLINK = 3
PRINTACTION_TESTPAGE = 4
PRINTACTION_OPENNETPRN = 5
PRINTACTION_DOCUMENTDEFAULTS = 6
PRINTACTION_SERVERPROPERTIES = 7
End Enum
VBcodersPublic Sub DisplayDocumentDefaults(ByVal PrinterName As String, ByVal hWnd As Long)
Dim lRet As Long
'\\ Only version 4.71 and above have this :. jump over error
On Error Resume Next
lRet = SHInvokePrinterCommand(hWnd, PRINTACTION_DOCUMENTDEFAULTS, PrinterName, "", 0)
End Sub
