Re: #18412 [Com]: PRINTER_ORIENTATION

Hello Tanes, would it be possible for you to make a patch to this function? regards, Derick On 26 Aug 2002 tanes73@hotmail.com wrote: > ID: 18412 > Comment by: tanes73@hotmail.com > Reported By: shad@volny.cz > Status: Open > Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function > Operating System: win98 > PHP Version: 4.2.1 > New Comment: > > SUGGESTION > ========== > > After looking in source code (printer.c) carefully, I beleive that > whatever you have set through has no effect. (I could be wrong if the > source code I saw is too old. Anyway, it is the only one I can find.) > The problem is that the steps of setting printing properties > recommended by Microsoft are not followed. The printer_open() simply > get current settings by calling DocumentProperties() with > DM_OUT_BUFFER. Subsequent setting using printer_set_option() simply > modifies these setting parameters in the buffer. Lacking of 2 steps in > order to make setting printing options working, > (1) modify resource->device->dmFields bit to indicate which parameters > have been changed > (2) Call DocumentProperties() with DM_OUT_BUFFER | DM_IN_BUFFER. The > resource->device must be passed to the function also. > > I suggest modify printer_set_option() to modify > resource->device->dmFields bit as well as resource->device->dmXXX and > create another option parameter - PRINTER_SET_OPTION_NOW that will call > DocumentProperties() with DM_OUT_BUFFER | DM_IN_BUFFER. > > Regards, > Tanes Sriviroolchai > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-08-25 23:28:51] tanes73@hotmail.com > > I have the same problem with Win2000/IIS too. There is no effect on > using printer_set_option with PRINTER_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE. > > Regards. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-07-18 09:15:39] shad@volny.cz > > I use > > printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_ORIENTATION, > PRINTER_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE); > > to set the printer option and try to print some text in landscape > (value=2) but the output still shows up in portrait (value=1). > > (printer_get_option($handle, PRINTER_ORIENTATION ) = 2); > > Thanks. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > Edit this bug report at > http://bugs.php.net/?id=18412&edit=1 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://www.derickrethans.nl/ JDI Media Solutions http://www.jdimedia.nl/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------