ID Number: Q74606
3.00 3.10
WINDOWS
docerr
Summary:
The DOWNLOADFACE printer escape is not documented in versions 3.0 or
3.1 of the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) or of the
Microsoft Windows Device Development Kit (DDK). The text below
provides documentation for this particular printer escape.
More Information:
Add the following line to WINDOWS.H header file to define the
DOWNLOADFACE escape:
#define DOWNLOADFACE 514
The following documentation for the DOWNLOADFACE escape is in the same
format used in the Windows SDK documentation.
short Escape(hDC, DOWNLOADFACE, NULL, lpInData, lpOutData)
The escape is used to determine if a font is a downloadable font (soft
font or TrueType) or to force the font definition to be downloaded to
the printer.
Parameter Type/Description
--------- ----------------
hDC HDC Identifies the device context.
lpInData EXTTEXTMETRIC FAR * Points to a structure returned from
the GETEXTENDEDTEXTMETRICS escape.
lpOutData SHORT FAR * Points to a value indicating one of two
actions:
0 means to inquire the font type
1 means to force the download
Return Value
This escape returns -1 if the font is not downloadable and 1 if it is
downloadable. The escape also returns a 1 if the font was successfully
downloaded to the printer and -1 if the download failed.
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 docerr DDKPRINT