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The StarDesktop 83
Printing Documents
Similar to saving, documents are printed out directly by means of the document object. The
Print method of the
com.sun.star.view.Xprintable
interface is provided for this purpose. In its simplest form, the print call is:
Dim Dummy()
Doc.print(Dummy())
As in the case of the loadComponentFromURL method, the Dummy parameter is a
PropertyValue data field through which OpenOffice.org can specify several options for
printing.
The options of the print method
The print method expects a PropertyValue data field as a parameter, which reflects the
settings of the print dialog of OpenOffice.org:
CopyCount (Integer)
specifies the number of copies to be printed.
FileName (String)
prints the document in the specified file.
Collate (Boolean)
advises the printer to collate the pages of the copies.
Sort (Boolean)
sorts the pages when printing out several copies (CopyCount > 1).
Pages (String)
contains the list of the pages to be printed (syntax as specified in print dialog).
The following example shows how several pages of a document can be printed out using the
Pages option:
Dim Doc As Object
Dim PrintProperties(0) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
PrintProperties(0).Name="Pages"
PrintProperties(0).Value="1-3; 7; 9"
Doc.print(PrintProperties())