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Chapter 9 - Printing Manager / Printing Manager Reference

Printing Manager Routines / Low-Level Routines

PrDrvrDCE

You can use the PrDrvrDCE function to get a handle to the current printer driver's device control entry (DCE).

FUNCTION PrDrvrDCE: Handle;

DESCRIPTION

The PrDrvrDCE function returns a handle to the current printer driver's DCE. A printer driver's DCE contains specific information about that printer driver. You can also get a handle to the driver's DCE by calling the Device Manager function GetDCtlEntry.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Apple strongly discourages you from using this routine.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

The trap macro and routine selector for the PrDrvrDCE function are

Trap macro	Selector
_PrGlue	$94000000

SEE ALSO

For more information about DCEs and how the Device Manager uses them, see Inside Macintosh: Devices.