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Function name : StartDoc

Group: Printing and Print Spooler - Library: gdi32

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The StartDoc function starts a print job.

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Declaration:

int StartDoc(
  HDC hdc,              // handle to DC
  CONST DOCINFO* lpdi   // contains file names
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER StartDoc IN gdi32;
	INTEGER hdc,;
	STRING @ lpdi  

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Parameters:

hdc [in] Handle to the device context for the print job.

lpdi [in] Pointer to a DOCINFO structure containing the name of the document file and the name of the output file.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is greater than zero. This value is the print job identifier for the document.

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