Windows Spooler progress window

[BOB MECHLER]

What is the call to bring up a named printer's Document queque? I'm talking about the same window that comes up when you double click the printer icon.

Bob Mechler

[Michael Mattias]

From my CD version of SDK, I found this page...

Printing and Print Spooler Functions
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The following functions are used to access the print spooler
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EnumJobs Retrieves information about a specified set of print jobs for a specified printer.

I got to this page by selecting "OpenPrinter" function which provides a link to "Printing and Spooler Functions" which is the page cited here.

You should be able to follow the same route in your SDK reference or at the MSDN on-line SDK.

But just for the heck of it, let's drill down into EnumJObs and see if anything interesting appears...


Well, yes, the JOB_INFO_1 structure ....

typedef struct _JOB_INFO_1 { 
  DWORD  JobId; 
  LPTSTR pPrinterName; 
  LPTSTR pMachineName; 
  LPTSTR pUserName; 
  LPTSTR pDocument; 
  LPTSTR pDatatype; 
  LPTSTR pStatus; 
  DWORD  Status; 
  DWORD  Priority; 
  DWORD  Position; 
  DWORD  TotalPages; 
  DWORD  PagesPrinted; 
  SYSTEMTIME Submitted; 
} JOB_INFO_1, *PJOB_INFO_1;

... includes a Status member... codes are:

Specifies the job status. This member can be one or more of the following values. Value Meaning

• JOB_STATUS_BLOCKED_DEVQ The driver cannot print the job.
• JOB_STATUS_COMPLETE Windows XP: Job is sent to the printer, but the job may not be printed yet. See Remarks for more information.
• JOB_STATUS_DELETED Job has been deleted.
• JOB_STATUS_DELETING Job is being deleted.
• JOB_STATUS_ERROR An error is associated with the job.
• JOB_STATUS_OFFLINE Printer is offline.
• JOB_STATUS_PAPEROUT Printer is out of paper.
• JOB_STATUS_PAUSED Job is paused.
• JOB_STATUS_PRINTED Job has printed.
• JOB_STATUS_PRINTING Job is printing.
• JOB_STATUS_RESTART Job has been restarted.
• JOB_STATUS_SPOOLING Job is spooling.
• JOB_STATUS_USER_INTERVENTION Printer has an error that requires the user to do something.

I would think by keying on the printer name member during the enumeration you could develop a list of all the documents for a printer, with each job's status... which sounds a lot like what you see on the "open printer" screen....

Sure looks like a start, anyway...

MCM

[BOB MECHLER]

Lee Bergeron provided a nice function that does return how many jobs are in the queque for a specified printer. The pages_printed and total pages would also be something to add.

I could just tell the user to double-click the printer to get a pop-up but it would be better to display a smaller centered window that updates several facts about the print job that the current program is working on. Both Ddoc and XPRINT have the ability to assign a job name. Now that I've got a few clues, I'll just go ahead with my own. If I come up with anything of general benefit, I'll post it.

Bob Mechler