Reputation: 501
Googled a lot but returned empty hand..
I would like to know if anyone used AddPrinterDriver or AddPrinterDriverEx API using winspool.drv in c#.
Please provide me the code that does initialising and using this API Call.
Urgent..!!
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Reputation: 46
I have been working on this same issue for some time, and have something to start with, though I am still running into issues. I believe my real issue now is creating the list of dependent files properly. Perhaps you know how to fill in these blanks for me?
Thanks, Stephen
private const uint APD_COPY_NEW_FILES = 0x00000008;
private const uint APD_COPY_ALL_FILES = 0x00000004;
[DllImport("winspool.drv", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool AddPrinterDriverExW([In, Optional, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pName, uint Level, [In] IntPtr pPrinter, uint Flags);
public static void InstallPrinterDriver2(string configFile, string dataFile, string[] dependentFiles, string driverPath, string driverName, string helpFile = null, string monitorName = null, string defaultDataType = "RAW", bool is32Bit = false)
{
DRIVER_INFO_3 di3 = new DRIVER_INFO_3();
di3.cVersion = 0x03;
di3.pConfigFile = configFile;
di3.pDataFile = dataFile;
di3.pDependentFiles = string.Join(",", dependentFiles);
di3.pDriverPath = driverPath;
di3.pEnvironment = is32Bit ? @"Windows NT x86" : @"Windows x64";
di3.pHelpFile = helpFile;
di3.pMonitorName = monitorName;
di3.pName = driverName;
di3.pDefaultDataType = defaultDataType;
IntPtr intPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(DRIVER_INFO_3)));
try
{
Marshal.StructureToPtr(di3, intPtr, false);
if (!AddPrinterDriverExW(null, 3, intPtr, APD_COPY_NEW_FILES))
{
int w32Error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
throw new Win32Exception(w32Error);
}
}
finally
{
if (IntPtr.Zero != intPtr) Marshal.FreeHGlobal(intPtr);
}
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private struct DRIVER_INFO_3
{
public uint cVersion;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pName; // QMS 810
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pEnvironment; // Win32 x86
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pDriverPath; // c:\drivers\pscript.dll
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pDataFile; // c:\drivers\QMS810.PPD
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pConfigFile; // c:\drivers\PSCRPTUI.DLL
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pHelpFile; // c:\drivers\PSCRPTUI.HLP
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pDependentFiles; // PSCRIPT.DLL\0QMS810.PPD\0PSCRIPTUI.DLL\0PSCRIPTUI.HLP\0PSTEST.TXT\0\0
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pMonitorName; // "PJL monitor"
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string pDefaultDataType; // "EMF"
}
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