Printing a FormLayout
[DLL]
Adjust output options, print (or generate PDF, PostScript, HTML and ASCII) a Repository-based or stand-alone FormLayout. More...
Collaboration diagram for Printing a FormLayout:
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Functions | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetRepositoryName (HTFORM pInstance, LPCSTR pszFileName) |
| Sets the filename of the Repository or the stand-alone FormLayout. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetPrinterType (HTFORM pInstance, EPrinterType ePrinterType) |
| Sets the type of the generated output. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetPrinterName (HTFORM pInstance, LPCSTR pszPrinterName, DEVMODE *pDevMode) |
| Sets type and name of the output device. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetJobTrayControlName (HTFORM pInstance, LPCSTR pszTrayControlName) |
| Specifies the name of the JobTrayControl to be used for this Job. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetProjectName (HTFORM pInstance, LPCSTR pszProjectName) |
| Specifies the Project-name for printing a Repository-based FormLayout. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetFormName (HTFORM pInstance, LPCSTR pszFormName) |
| Specifies the name of the Repository-based FormLayout. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetNumberOfCopies (HTFORM pInstance, INT nCopies) |
| Sets the number of document copies which should be printed. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetStartRowColumn (HTFORM pInstance, INT nStartCol, INT nStartRow) |
| Selects the starting cell of the first label to be printed. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetOutputName (HTFORM pInstance, LPCSTR pszOutputName) |
| This method is used for adjusting the output filename or the name of the spool-job (on Microsoft Windows printers). | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetPageFromTo (HTFORM pInstance, UINT nPageFrom, UINT nPageTo) |
| Sets the range of page-numbers to be the printed. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_SetConfigFile (HTFORM pInstance, LPCSTR pszFilename) |
| Sets the configuration file for TFORMer Runtime. | |
| TECIT_DLLSPEC ERRCODE | TFormer_Print (HTFORM pInstance) |
| Prints the current FormLayout using the adjusted DataSource. | |
Detailed Description
Adjust output options, print (or generate PDF, PostScript, HTML and ASCII) a Repository-based or stand-alone FormLayout.
This is the main class of TFORMer Runtime for generating output. The basic steps to generate output are as follows:
| Task | See Also | Note |
| Create a DataSource | DataSource | A DataSource is used to pass data to a Job. |
| Provide data for the DataSource | DataSourceRecordSet, DataSourceCsv, DataSourceOdbc, DataSourceXml | Provide data programmatically or connect the DataSource with a file or a database. The DataSource is responsible to provide values for the DataFields required for the FormLayout to be printed. |
| Create a Job | Job | The Job class is the main class for printing a FormLayout. |
| Connect the Job with the DataSource | DataSource | If no DataSource is connected with the Job the default data for the FormLayout is used. This default data is identical to the data-set which was used for printing or previewing the FormLayout in the last TFORMer Designer session. |
| Adjust the properties of the Job | The most important properties are the output-type and the name of the target device (OutputName, PrinterType or PrinterName). | The order in which the properties are set is irrelevant. The method Print() takes care to apply the settings correctly. |
| Print() the Job | Print() | Generates the Job based on the FormLayout and DataSource in the required output format. |
