Printing functions

PowerScript provides predefined functions that you can use to generate simple and complex lists and reports. Using only three functions, you can create a tabular report in your printer’s default font. Using additional functions, you can create a report with multiple text fonts, character sizes, and styles, as well as lines and pictures.

Table 32-1 lists the functions for printing.

**Table 32-1: PowerScript printing functions**
Function	Description
Print	There are five Print function formats. You can specify a tab in all but two formats, and in one you can specify two tabs.
PrintBitMap	Prints the specified bitmap.
PrintCancel	Cancels the specified print job.
PrintClose	Sends the current page of a print job to the printer (or spooler) and closes the print job.
PrintDataWindow	Prints the specified DataWindow as a print job.
PrintDefineFont	Defines one of the eight fonts available for a print job.
PrintGetPrinter	Gets the current printer name.
PrintGetPrinters	Gets the list of available printers.
PrintLine	Prints a line of a specified thickness at a specified location.
PrintOpen	Starts the print job and assigns it a print job number.
PrintOval	Prints an oval (or circle) of a specified size at a specified location.
PrintPage	Causes the current page to print and sets up a new blank page.
PrintRect	Prints a rectangle of a specified size at a specified location.
PrintRoundRect	Prints a round rectangle of a specified size at a specified location.
PrintScreen	Prints the screen image as part of a print job.
PrintSend	Sends a specified string directly to the printer.
PrintSetFont	Sets the current font to one of the defined fonts for the current job.
PrintSetPrinter	Sets the printer to use for the next print function call. This function does not affect open jobs.
PrintSetSpacing	Sets a spacing factor to determine the space between lines.
PrintSetup	Calls the printer Setup dialog box and stores the user’s responses in the print driver.
PrintSetupPrinter	Displays the printer setup dialog box.
PrintText	Prints the specified text string at a specified location.
PrintWidth	Returns the width (in thousandths of an inch) of the specified string in the current font of the current print job.
PrintX	Returns the x value of the print cursor.
PrintY	Returns the y value of the print cursor.

For more information about printing functions, see the PowerScript Reference.