Retrieving a Saved Page Format Object

The following example shows how you can retrieve a PMPageFormat object that was saved with a document.

Retrieving a PMPageFormat object

PMPrintSettings mySettings;

PMPageFormat    myFormat;

UInt32          myDataSize;

Handle          flattenFormat;

Boolean         changed;

Ptr             myData;

PMBegin();

    PMUnFlattenPageFormat ( flattenFormat, &myFormat );

    PMValidatePageFormat ( myFormat, &changed );

    /* First get the size of the data block so */

    /* we know how much storage to allocate. * /

    PMGetPageFormatExtendedData ( myFormat, kMyDataID,

                                &myDataSize, kPMDontWantData );

    myData = NewPtr( myDataSize );

    PMGetPageFormatExtendedData ( myFormat, kMyDataID,

                                &myDataSize, (void*) myData);

PMEnd();