TPrinter.DoSetPrinter function
Performs actions needed to select the specified printer name.
Declaration
function DoSetPrinter(aName: string): Integer; virtualArguments
aName | Printer name to use as the selected print device. |
Function result
Ordinal position for the specified printer name, or -1 when not found.
Description
DoSetPrinter is a virtual
Integer function used to
perform actions needed to set the selected printer to the name specified in
aName. The return value contains the ordinal position in
Printers where the name is located, or
-1 when the
specified name was not found.
In
TPrinter, DoSetPrinter always returns the value -1. It
must be overridden in a descendent class to perform the actions needed for
the operating system / widgetset / printer-related technology used in the
implementation.
DoSetPrinter is called from the SetPrinter method.
See also
An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.