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Chapter 2 - Core Printing Features / Core Printing Features Reference

Functions / Obtaining Information on Printing-Related Objects

GXGetJobFormat

You can use the GXGetJobFormat function to obtain the format objects associated with a job object.

gxFormat GXGetJobFormat (gxJob aJob, long whichFormat);

aJob

A reference to the job object whose format object you wish to obtain.

whichFormat

The index of the format object to retrieve.

function result

A reference to a format object.

DESCRIPTION

The GXGetJobFormat function allows you to obtain a format object from the job object specified in the aJob parameter. The whichFormat parameter specifies the format object to return. You can set this parameter to 1 to obtain the default format. The default format is defined by the formatting printer.

RESULT CODES

gxSegmentLoadFailedErr

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

SEE ALSO

Listing 2-5 on page 2-21 and Listing 2-6 on page 2-23 show how to use the GXGetJobFormat function to obtain the default format when a user wants to print a document.

Manipulating format objects is described in the chapter "Page Formatting and Dialog Box Customization" in this book.

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