Temporary printer sample is similar with Hello World sample but it uses temporary printers. It demonstrates the use of
AddNovaPrinter
and DeleteNovaPrinter
.Note
To be able to use the samples you must install novaPDF SDK as samples work only with it. Download it here: nova PDF SDK.
Source code
#include "stdafx.h"
//Include novaPDF headers
#include "..\..\..\include\novaOptions.h"
//NovaPdfOptions
#include "..\..\..\include\novapi.h"
#include "nova.h"
//name of novaPDF Printer Demo
#define PRINTER_NAME L"novaPDF temporary printer"
#define PORT_NAME L"novaPDF8temp"
//text to be written in the PDF file
#define PDF_TEXT L"Hello world!"
//PDF file name
#define PDF_FILE_NAME L"HelloWorld.pdf"
//Print profile name
#define PROFILE_NAME L"HelloWorld Profile"
#define PROFILE_IS_PUBLIC 0
//entry point for the console application
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HRESULT hr = S_OK;
//initialize COM
hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
if (FAILED (hr))
{
MessageBox(NULL, L"Failed to initialize COM", L"novaPDF", MB_OK);
return hr;
}
//create one NovaPdfOptions instance
INovaPdfOptions *pNova = 0;
hr = CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(NovaPdfOptions80), NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, __uuidof(INovaPdfOptions80), (LPVOID*) &pNova);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
//add temporary printer
pNova->AddNovaPrinter(PRINTER_NAME, PORT_NAME, L"nPdfSdk8_Softland", L"8501", L"");
// set optional PDF settings
LPWSTR pwsNewProfileID = NULL;
//create a new profile with default settings
hr = pNova->AddProfile(PROFILE_NAME, PROFILE_IS_PUBLIC, &pwsNewProfileID);
//load the newly created profile
if (SUCCEEDED(hr) && pwsNewProfileID)
{
hr = pNova->LoadProfile(pwsNewProfileID);
}
else
{
MessageBox(NULL, L"Failed to create profile", L"novaPDF", MB_OK);
return hr;
}
// set novaPDF options
// set PDF document Title
pNova->SetOptionString(NOVAPDF_DOCINFO_TITLE, L"My Doc Title");
//what type of save dialog to be shown (none, simple or extended)
pNova->SetOptionLong(NOVAPDF_SAVE_PROMPT_TYPE, PROMPT_SAVE_SIMPLE);
//you may choose a predefined folder like "My Documents"
pNova->SetOptionLong(NOVAPDF_SAVE_FOLDER_TYPE, SAVEFOLDER_MYDOCUMENTS);
//set a macro for the file name
pNova->SetOptionString(NOVAPDF_SAVE_FILE_NAME, L"test_[N]");
//in case a file with the same name exists in the selected folder, choose what to do
pNova->SetOptionLong(NOVAPDF_SAVE_FILEEXIST_ACTION, FILE_CONFLICT_STRATEGY_AUTONUMBER_NEW);
//save profile changes
hr = pNova->SaveProfile();
//set as active profile for printer
pNova->SetActiveProfile(pwsNewProfileID);
HANDLE hPrinter;
PDEVMODEW pDevmode = NULL;
PRINTER_DEFAULTS pd = { NULL, NULL, PRINTER_ACCESS_USE };
//start print job
if (OpenPrinter(PRINTER_NAME, &hPrinter, &pd))
{
//get default printer DEVMODE
int nSize = DocumentProperties(NULL, hPrinter, PRINTER_NAME, NULL, NULL, 0);
pDevmode = (PDEVMODEW)LocalAlloc(LPTR, nSize);
DocumentProperties(NULL, hPrinter, PRINTER_NAME, pDevmode, NULL, DM_OUT_BUFFER);
//set page size in DEVMODE
pDevmode->dmPaperSize = DMPAPER_USER;
pDevmode->dmPaperLength = 2970;
pDevmode->dmPaperWidth = 2100;
pDevmode->dmFields = DM_PAPERSIZE | DM_PAPERLENGTH | DM_PAPERWIDTH;
DocumentProperties(NULL, hPrinter, PRINTER_NAME, pDevmode, pDevmode, DM_IN_BUFFER | DM_OUT_BUFFER);
//Print a page
HDC hDC = CreateDC(L"", PRINTER_NAME, NULL, pDevmode);
DOCINFO docInfo = {sizeof(DOCINFO)};
// PDF document name and path
docInfo.lpszDocName = PDF_FILE_NAME;
StartDoc(hDC,&docInfo);
StartPage(hDC);
// Draw text on page
TextOut(hDC, 100, 80, PDF_TEXT, (int) wcslen(PDF_TEXT));
EndPage(hDC);
EndDoc(hDC);
DeleteDC(hDC);
//print job sent to printer
MessageBox(NULL, L"Print job finished", L"novaPDF", MB_OK);
LocalFree(pDevmode);
ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
}
else
{
WCHAR wsMessage[255];
wsprintf(wsMessage, L"OpenPrinter failed, error = %d", GetLastError());
MessageBox(NULL, wsMessage, L"novaPDF", MB_OK);
}
//delete newly created profile
pNova->DeleteProfile(pwsNewProfileID);
//free memory
CoTaskMemFree(pwsNewProfileID);
//delete temporarry printer
pNova->DeleteNovaPrinter(PRINTER_NAME); }
//release NovaPdfOptions
pNova->Release();
CoUninitialize();
return 0;
}