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ShowPrinterProperties – Display printer’s Properties dialog

ShowPrinterProperties – Display printer’s Properties dialog

Private Declare Function PrinterProperties Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hwnd As _    Long, ByVal hPrinter As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "OpenPrinterA" _    (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter As Long, _    pDefault As PRINTER_DEFAULTS) As LongPrivate Declare Function ClosePrinter Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hPrinter As _    Long) As LongPrivate Type PRINTER_DEFAULTS    pDatatype As String    pDevMode As Long    pDesiredAccess As LongEnd Type' Display the Printer Properties dialog box.' The DeviceName argument is the DeviceName property of the Printer object or' an item in the Printers collection.' ParentHWnd is the handle of the window that owns the dialog box.'' Returns True if the function succedes.Function ShowPrinterProperties(ByVal DeviceName As String, _    ByVal ParentHWnd As Long) As Boolean    Dim PrinterDef As PRINTER_DEFAULTS    Dim hPrinter As Long    Const PRINTER_ALL_ACCESS = &HF000C        PrinterDef.pDesiredAccess = PRINTER_ALL_ACCESS        If OpenPrinter(DeviceName, hPrinter, PrinterDef) Then        ShowPrinterProperties = PrinterProperties(ParentHWnd, hPrinter)        ClosePrinter hPrinter    End IfEnd Function

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