JOB_INFO_1 Structure

Type JOB_INFO_1
  JobId As Long
  pPrinterName As String
  pMachineName As String
  pUserName As String
  pDocument As String
  pDatatype As String
  pStatus As String
  Status As Long
  Priority As Long
  Position As Long
  TotalPages As Long
  PagesPrinted As Long
  Submitted As SYSTEMTIME
End Type

Description & Usage

The JOB_INFO_1 structure holds information about a print job. The structure contains data which both identifies the originator of the print job and its current status in the print spooler.

Visual Basic-Specific Issues

None.

Data Members

JobId

The unique numeric identifier of the print job.

pPrinterName

The name of the printer for which the print job is spooled.

pMachineName

The name of the computer which created the print job.

pUserName

The name of the user who owns the print job.

pDocument

The name of the print job (usually the document being printed).

pDatatype

The type of data used to record the print job.

pStatus

The current status of the print job. If this string is empty, the print status can instead be found in Status.

Status

If necessary, a combination of the following flags identifying the current status of the print job:

JOB_STATUS_BLOCKED_DEVQ

The driver cannot print the print job.

JOB_STATUS_DELETED

The print job has been deleted.

JOB_STATUS_DELETING

The print job is being deleted.

JOB_STATUS_ERROR

An error is associated with the print job.

JOB_STATUS_OFFLINE

The printer responsible for printing the print job is offline.

JOB_STATUS_PAPEROUT

The printer responsible for printing the print job is out of paper.

JOB_STATUS_PAUSED

The print job is paused.

JOB_STATUS_PRINTED

The print job has been printed.

JOB_STATUS_PRINTING

The print job is being printed.

JOB_STATUS_RESTART

The print job has been restarted.

JOB_STATUS_SPOOLING

The print job is being spooled.

JOB_STATUS_USER_INTERVENTION

The printer responsible for printing the print job has suffered an error requiring the user to do something.

Priority

A value between 1 and 99 inclusive specifying the priority of the print job (99 being highest). One of the following flags can be used as well:

DEF_PRIORITY

Default priority.

MIN_PRIORITY

Minimum priority.

MAX_PRIORITY

Maximum priority.

Position

The current position of the print job in the print queue.

TotalPages

The total number of pages which make up the print job, if available.

PagesPrinted

The number of pages of the print job which have already been printed, if available.

Submitted

The date and time when the document was spooled into the queue. This time is in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC, a.k.a. Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT) instead of in the system's local time zone time.

Constant Definitions

Const JOB_STATUS_BLOCKED_DEVQ = &H200
Const JOB_STATUS_DELETED = &H100
Const JOB_STATUS_DELETING = &H4
Const JOB_STATUS_ERROR = &H2
Const JOB_STATUS_OFFLINE = &H20
Const JOB_STATUS_PAPEROUT = &H40
Const JOB_STATUS_PAUSED = &H1
Const JOB_STATUS_PRINTED = &H80
Const JOB_STATUS_PRINTING = &H10
Const JOB_STATUS_SPOOLING = &H8
Const JOB_STATUS_USER_INTERVENTION = &H400
Const DEF_PRIORITY = 1
Const MIN_PRIORITY = 1
Const MAX_PRIORITY = 99

Used By

EnumJobs

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Last Modified: November 24, 1999
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