Hi,

The printing device class

CLASS PrintingDevice INHERIT VObject
 PROTECT cDriver AS STRING
 PROTECT cDevice AS STRING
 PROTECT cPort AS STRING
 PROTECT hPrinter AS PTR
 PROTECT pDevMode AS _winDEVMODE
 PROTECT lValid AS LOGIC
 PROTECT iSize AS INT

 //PP-030828 Strong typing
 DECLARE METHOD __FillDevMode

uses

_winDEVMODE

STRUCT _WINDEVMODE ALIGN 1
 MEMBER  DIM dmDeviceName[CCHDEVICENAME] AS BYTE
 MEMBER  dmSpecVersion AS WORD
 .
..
..
..
which uses a define CCHDEVICENAME that is 30 ch. I need it to be 50. What do 
I need to do?

This is in GUI and does not allow me to change it.

Thanks,
Vaishali 

Vaishali

> which uses a define CCHDEVICENAME that is 30 ch. I need it to be 50. What
> do I need to do?
1: Re-define it. // Comment the original, may not work if it's part of a
structure where memory allocation is hard coded<g>
2: Only use the first 30 characters when selecting a printer
3: Use a shorter printer name
4: Ask yourself why a printer name needs to be that long

I recommend #3 & #4 above.

CYA
Steve

Vaishali.

You can't, you shouldn't and you don't. This is a published API 
structure and it isn't for you to go changing it. If you added a few 
bytes to the structure for the name then all the other bytes following 
it would be in the wrong spot. That is the whole point of a structure. A 
predictable byte pattern in memory.

But you don't need to.

Just consult the first 30 chars.

In any event you should be using my printer enumeration classes that you 
have now in your source code libraries. They are capable of dealing with 
the full printer name.

Geoff



"Vaishali Kedar" <vaishali.kedar@gordynpalmer.com.au> wrote in message 
news:4d8c14c7$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au:

> Hi,
>
> The printing device class
>
> CLASS PrintingDevice INHERIT VObject
>  PROTECT cDriver AS STRING
>  PROTECT cDevice AS STRING
>  PROTECT cPort AS STRING
>  PROTECT hPrinter AS PTR
>  PROTECT pDevMode AS _winDEVMODE
>  PROTECT lValid AS LOGIC
>  PROTECT iSize AS INT
>
>  //PP-030828 Strong typing
>  DECLARE METHOD __FillDevMode
>
> uses
>
> _winDEVMODE
>
> STRUCT _WINDEVMODE ALIGN 1
>  MEMBER  DIM dmDeviceName[CCHDEVICENAME] AS BYTE
>  MEMBER  dmSpecVersion AS WORD
>  .
> .
> .
> .
> which uses a define CCHDEVICENAME that is 30 ch. I need it to be 50. What do
> I need to do?
>
> This is in GUI and does not allow me to change it.
>
> Thanks,
> Vaishali

Vaishali

Its also why you cannot have a PDF file name longer than 30 characters
created programatically by Ghost Script.

Richard