Using Win32 functions in Visual FoxPro Image Gallery
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ActivateKeyboardLayout
BlockInput
EnableWindow
GetActiveWindow
GetAsyncKeyState
GetFocus
GetKBCodePage
GetKeyboardLayout
GetKeyboardLayoutList
GetKeyboardLayoutName
GetKeyboardState
GetKeyNameText
GetKeyState
IsWindowEnabled
keybd_event
MapVirtualKey
RegisterHotKey
SetFocus
SetKeyboardState
ToAscii
UnregisterHotKey
VkKeyScan
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Configuring DEVMODE structure for a printer

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    #DEFINE IDOK     1
    #DEFINE IDCANCEL 2
     
    #DEFINE DM_OUT_BUFFER 2
    #DEFINE DM_IN_BUFFER  8
    #DEFINE DM_IN_PROMPT  4
     
    #DEFINE DM_ORIENTATION  1
    #DEFINE DM_PAPERSIZE    2
    #DEFINE DM_PAPERLENGTH  4
    #DEFINE DM_PAPERWIDTH   8
     
    #DEFINE DMORIENT_PORTRAIT  1
    #DEFINE DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE 2
    #DEFINE OFFS_ORIENT_FLAG   41  && offset to Orientation flag
    #DEFINE OFFS_ORIENT_VALUE  45  && offset to Orientation value
     
    DO decl
     
    PRIVATE hWindow, cPrinter, cDriver, cPort, hPrinter, nBufsize, cDevmode
    hWindow = GetActiveWindow()
    STORE "" TO cPrinter, cDriver, cPort
    DO GetPrnName
     
    hPrinter = 0
    = OpenPrinter(cPrinter, @hPrinter, 0)
    IF hPrinter = 0
        = MessageB("Could not open default printer.     ", 48, "Error")
        RETURN
    ENDIF
     
    * being called this way the function returns DEVMODE buffer required size
    nBufsize = DocumentProperties(hWindow, hPrinter, cPrinter,0,0,0)
    cDevmode = Repli(Chr(0), nBufsize)
     
    DO SetOrient WITH DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE
    DO OpenDialog
     
    = ClosePrinter(hPrinter)
    * end of main
     
    PROCEDURE SetOrient(nOrient)
    * DEVMODE is adjusted programmatically
    * DM_IN_PROMPT not used -- the dialog window is not shown
        LOCAL dmFlags
     
        * reading printer configuration
        = DocumentProperties(hWindow, hPrinter, cPrinter,;
            @cDevmode, 0, DM_OUT_BUFFER)
     
        * setting ORIENTATION flag and value
        dmFlags = buf2word(SUBSTR(cDevmode, OFFS_ORIENT_FLAG, 4))
        dmFlags = BitOr(dmFlags, DM_ORIENTATION)
        cDevmode = STUFF(cDevmode, OFFS_ORIENT_FLAG, 4, num2dword(dmFlags))
        cDevmode = STUFF(cDevmode, OFFS_ORIENT_VALUE, 2, num2word(nOrient))
     
        * using modified DEVMODE structure in the next call
        = DocumentProperties(hWindow, hPrinter, cPrinter,;
            @cDevmode, @cDevmode, DM_IN_BUFFER+DM_OUT_BUFFER)
     
    PROCEDURE OpenDialog
    * showing printer settings dialog
        = DocumentProperties(hWindow, hPrinter, cPrinter,;
            @cDevmode, @cDevmode, DM_IN_PROMPT+DM_IN_BUFFER+DM_OUT_BUFFER)
     
    PROCEDURE GetPrnName
    * retrieves default printer name from the Registry
        LOCAL lcBuffer, lcPrinter, lcDriver, lcPort
     
        lcBuffer = Repli(Chr(0), 120)
        = GetProfileString("Windows", "Device", ",,,",;
            @lcBuffer, Len(lcBuffer))
     
        lcBuffer = STRTRAN(lcBuffer, Chr(0), "")
     
        DIMEN arrPos[3]
        arrPos[1] = AT(",", lcBuffer, 1)
        arrPos[2] = AT(",", lcBuffer, 2)
        arrPos[3] = Len(lcBuffer)
     
        cPrinter = SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 1, arrPos[1]-1)
        cDriver = SUBSTR(lcBuffer, arrPos[1]+1, arrPos[2]-arrPos[1]-1)
        cPort = SUBSTR(lcBuffer, arrPos[2]+1, arrPos[3]-arrPos[2])
        RELEASE arrPos
     
    FUNCTION buf2dword (lcBuffer)
    RETURN Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 1,1)) + ;
        BitLShift(Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 2,1)),  8) +;
        BitLShift(Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 3,1)), 16) +;
        BitLShift(Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 4,1)), 24)
     
    FUNCTION buf2word (lcBuffer)
    RETURN Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 1,1)) + ;
           Asc(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 2,1)) * 256
     
    FUNCTION num2dword (lnValue)
    #DEFINE m0       256
    #DEFINE m1     65536
    #DEFINE m2  16777216
        LOCAL b0, b1, b2, b3
        b3 = Int(lnValue/m2)
        b2 = Int((lnValue - b3*m2)/m1)
        b1 = Int((lnValue - b3*m2 - b2*m1)/m0)
        b0 = Mod(lnValue, m0)
    RETURN Chr(b0)+Chr(b1)+Chr(b2)+Chr(b3)
     
    FUNCTION num2word(lnValue)
    RETURN Chr(MOD(m.lnValue,256)) + CHR(INT(m.lnValue/256))
     
    PROCEDURE decl
        DECLARE INTEGER OpenPrinter IN winspool.drv;
            STRING pPrinterName, INTEGER @phPrinter, INTEGER pDefault
     
        DECLARE INTEGER GetProfileString IN kernel32;
            STRING lpApp, STRING lpKey, STRING lpDefault,;
            STRING @lpReturnedString, INTEGER nSize
     
        DECLARE INTEGER ClosePrinter IN winspool.drv INTEGER hPrinter 
        DECLARE INTEGER GetActiveWindow IN user32
        DECLARE INTEGER DeleteDC IN gdi32 INTEGER hdc
     
        DECLARE INTEGER DocumentProperties IN winspool.drv;
            INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER hPrinter, STRING pDeviceName,;
            STRING @pDevModeOutput, STRING @pDevModeInput, INTEGER fMode
     
     
     

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    Created: 2003-02-10 10:28:02  
    Modified: 2011-12-10 09:20:22  
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