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Code to Print a VFP Form
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05/02/2019 04:46:42
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 10
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01665906
Message ID:
01665932
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72
>>Would anyone know how to print a portion or all of a screen image directly to a printer from a complied VFP application? I suspect it can be done by a Windows API call but don't know what that would be. If there is an API call for this, example code would help.
>>
>>Also, I'm assuming this isn't something that can be done with native VFP coding. Please confirm or provide code for that.
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Dave L.
>
>This code will copy the current form to the clipboard:
>
>
DECLARE INTEGER keybd_event IN Win32API ;
>        INTEGER, INTEGER, INTEGER, INTEGER
>*
>* Do an Alt-Printscreen
>*
>#DEFINE VK_LMENU 164
>#DEFINE VK_SNAPSHOT 44
>#DEFINE KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY 1
>#DEFINE KEYEVENTF_KEYUP 2
>DOEVENTS
>keybd_event( VK_LMENU,    0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, 0 )  && key down
>INKEY(0.01)
>keybd_event( VK_SNAPSHOT, 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, 0 )
>INKEY(0.01)
>keybd_event( VK_SNAPSHOT, 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY + KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0 )
>INKEY(0.01)
>keybd_event( VK_LMENU,    0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY + KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0 )
>DOEVENTS
Thanks Tore. I'll investigate this option.

Dave
Dave
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