Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX Printing /

Chapter 3 - Page Formatting and Dialog Box Customization / Page Formatting and Dialog Box Customization Reference

Functions / Creating and Manipulating Format Objects

GXNewFormat

You can use the GXNewFormat function to create a format object.

gxFormat GXNewFormat (gxJob aJob);

aJob

A reference to the job object to be associated with the new format object.

function result

A reference to a format object.

DESCRIPTION

The GXNewFormat function creates a new format object and copies the default format for the specified job object. The GXNewFormat function sets the owner count to 1. You need to call this function each time a user creates a new format for a page in a document.

RESULT CODES

gxSegmentLoadFailedErr	A required code segment for QuickDraw GX printing features failed to load due to low memory or disk errors.
gxPaperTypeNotFound	The default paper-type object cannot be located.

SEE ALSO

Listing 3-9 on page 3-42 shows how to use the GXNewFormat function to create a format object.

To dispose of a format object, see the description of the GXDisposeFormat function in the next section.

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