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Chapter 4 - Advanced Printing Features / Advanced Printing Features Reference

Functions / Working With Paper Types

GXCountJobPaperTypes

You can use the GXCountJobPaperTypes function to obtain the total number of paper-type definitions that are accessible to a particular job object.

long GXCountJobPaperTypes (gxJob aJob, Boolean forFormatDevice);

aJob

A reference to the job object from which to obtain the number of paper-type definitions.

forFormatDevice

A Boolean value that specifies whether the paper-type objects are associated with the formatting printer (true) or with the output printer (false).

function result

The number of paper-type objects that are associated with the print job.

DESCRIPTION

The GXCountJobPaperTypes function returns the number of paper types associated with either the print job's formatting printer or output printer.

Set the forFormatDevice parameter to true to count only the paper types associated with the formatting printer or to false to count only paper types associated with the output printer.

Depending on the format specification of the job object, the total number of paper types returned may include the total number of system paper types, user paper types, printer driver paper types, and printer-configuration-file paper types.

Use the GXGetJobError function to retrieve errors for this function.

RESULT CODES

gxSegmentLoadFailedErr

A required code segment could not be found, or there was not enough memory to load it.

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