> Hello:
> I would like to create my own printer driver so that it is available
> in all applications through the file ->Print menu of applications.
> The driver will essentially take the contents of what is in the
> parent application and save it so file (like a file - save as).
> I will do some information processing when the printer driver is
> called so I will need it to open a form (like other drivers do).
> I am reading about pdd files and I see a *ResourceDLL:
> "lmpclres.dll" entry.
>
> Question 1): is that the dll where my form would reside ?
> Question 2): How then would you acquire, pull the data from the
> parent application (could be an image or a text file) - once pulled,
> it would be trivial to create a file and save the data there...
> Thanks
> Terry
>
>

Support wrote:
> Hello:
> I would like to create my own printer driver so that it is available in all
> applications through the file ->Print menu of applications.
> The driver will essentially take the contents of what is in the parent
> application and save it so file (like a file - save as).
> I will do some information processing when the printer driver is called so I
> will need it to open a form (like other drivers do).
> I am reading about pdd files and I see a *ResourceDLL: "lmpclres.dll" entry.
>
> Question 1): is that the dll where my form would reside ?
> Question 2): How then would you acquire, pull the data from the parent
> application (could be an image or a text file) - once pulled, it would be
> trivial to create a file and save the data there...
> Thanks
> Terry
>
>

Support wrote:
> Thanks for your information ....
> The big picture is that I am designing a document management application...
> so I am looking for a ubiquitous interface.
> The Adobe - printer interface model seemed very powerfull.
> So we want to deploy a "virtual" printer that when clicked would:
> 1) save the file to a location
> 2) prompt the user for some information
> I have no experience wrting printer drivers. Just started vb.net a couple
> of years ago and am learning about printer drivers.
> The fact that it get's handed the info is good - now I need to learn
> 1) what format is the info coming in (doc, xl, txt, tiff, etc...)
> and save to file accordingly.
> That's the plan
> Thanks for any insight
> Terry

"C-Services Holland b.v." <csh@REMOVEcsh4u.nl> wrote in message
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> Support wrote:
>> Hello:
>> I would like to create my own printer driver so that it is available in
>> all applications through the file ->Print menu of applications.
>> The driver will essentially take the contents of what is in the parent
>> application and save it so file (like a file - save as).
>> I will do some information processing when the printer driver is called
>> so I will need it to open a form (like other drivers do).
>> I am reading about pdd files and I see a *ResourceDLL: "lmpclres.dll"
>> entry.
>>
>> Question 1): is that the dll where my form would reside ?
>> Question 2): How then would you acquire, pull the data from the parent
>> application (could be an image or a text file) - once pulled, it would be
>> trivial to create a file and save the data there...
>> Thanks
>> Terry
>
> A printer driver doesn't pull anything from the application. It just gets
> handed the info it needs to print. And then specifically what to print,
> where on the page in what font and colour.
>
> Did you expect to pull data from an application like MS Access and expect
> to pull records from the opened database and write the contents to a
> database?
>
> --
> Rinze van Huizen
> C-Services Holland b.v.