Re: spool file name

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thank you

i don't know how to make a print processor or a print monitor (or i don't
understa,d your question, my english is bad, lol)

i juste want to intercept print job sent to a specific printer and open the
spool file to change some characters and, in function of what i find in the
file, sending an email or a fax.

"Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - SDK]" <paulb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit
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Your welcome. So then your application would have to be running on the
print server in this case.

What do you think about making it a print processor or print monitor?

Paul

"Chtiot" <mroos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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thank you, i will try this

for the network printer, the spool in on the spool directory of the print
server

"Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - SDK]" <paulb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit
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It doesn't look like it is returned in any of the JOB_INFO_* structures
returned by EnumJobs or GetJob.

I see a GetSpoolFileHandle function added in Windows Vista:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa964993.aspx

Perhaps you can pass this handle to GetFileInformationByHandleEx, also
added in Windows Vista:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364953.aspx

If it is a network printer, is the spool file on the print server?

Maybe this should be handled through a custom print processor or print
monitor?

Paul

"Chtiot" <mroos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,


I'm not sure to be in the good forum, but i will ask my question :

- i'm using findfirstprinterchangenotification to know when something
is sent to a particular printer (no problem)
- when something is sent to this printer, i list the jobs with enumjobs
(no problem)

When a job is sent to this printer, i open the spool file an do some
operations on the file (generate a pdf, send an email ...).

I have no problem when the printer is a local printer with enhanced
functionalities not actived (the spool file name is equal to the idJob
with extension .spl -> 00027.spl for the job with idjob 27 found with
enumjobs).

But when the printer in a network printer, the name of the spool file
is very different (FP + a number different od idJob found with enumjobs
+ extension .spl -> for example, idJob = 27 -> spool file name is
FP004251.spl).

Is there a way to find the name of the spool file by programation,
using an api ?


thanks

Michel










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