Dear Sirs ,
I am using the following procedure to print ascii files in Delphi 4 , but in
the line
WritePrinter(hPrinter, Buffer, Count, BytesWritten)
i get a not suitable parameters error.
Anyone can help ?
The procedure is working fine in Delphi 2 .
procedure PrintFile1(const sFileName: string);
const
BufSize = 16384;
type
TDoc_Info_1 = record
pDocName: pChar;
pOutputFile: pChar;
pDataType: pChar;
end;
var
Count: DWORD;
BytesWritten:LPDWord;
hPrinter: THandle;
Device : array[0..255] of char;
Driver : array[0..255] of char;
Port : array[0..255] of char;
hDeviceMode: THandle;
DocInfo: TDoc_Info_1;
f: file;
Buffer: Pointer;
begin
{ Printer.PrinterIndex := PrIndex;}
Printer.GetPrinter(Device, Driver, Port, hDeviceMode);
if not WinSpool.OpenPrinter(@Device, hPrinter, nil) then exit;
DocInfo.pDocName := 'MyDo';
DocInfo.pOutputFile := nil;
DocInfo.pDatatype := 'RAW';
if StartDocPrinter(hPrinter, 1, @DocInfo) = 0 then
begin
WinSpool.ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
exit;
end;
if not StartPagePrinter(hPrinter) then
begin
EndDocPrinter(hPrinter);
WinSpool.ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
exit;
end;
AssignFile(f, sFileName);
Reset(f,1);
GetMem(Buffer, BufSize);
while not eof(f) do
begin
Blockread(f, Buffer^, BufSize, Count);
if Count > 0 then
begin
{ here the compiler finds wring parameters **************}
if not WritePrinter(hPrinter, Buffer, Count, BytesWritten) then
begin
EndPagePrinter(hPrinter);
EndDocPrinter(hPrinter);
WinSpool.ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
FreeMem(Buffer, BufSize);
exit;
end;
end;
end;
FreeMem(Buffer, BufSize);
EndDocPrinter(hPrinter);
WinSpool.ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
end;