guy
Thu May 18 04:40:02 CDT 2006
I believe this is exactly the solution I was looking for !
Many thanks for your help, and the speed of your answer.
"Christoph Lindemann" wrote:
> With the new naming conventions you can not predict the spoolfile name for a
> particular printjob. You would have to read the job id from the
> corresponding .shd file.
>
> But, it is possible to force the windows spooler back into using the old
> naming conventions.
>
>
http://undocprint.printassociates.com/winspool/spool_files#force_jobid_in_spoolfile_names
>
> --
> Christoph Lindemann
> Undocumented Printing
>
http://undocprint.printassociates.com/
>
>
> "Guy Dehon" <guy.dehon@skynet.be.pleasenospam> wrote in message
> news:64CD8CDE-9DFD-4716-BDA9-BE705FACEB72@microsoft.com...
> > In earlier versions of Windows, a printer spool name was in the form of
> > XXXXX.SPL.
> > Print Data being saved in directory \windows\system32\spool\printers.
> > XXXXX were 5 decimal digits, equal to the jobid found in structure
> > JOB_INFO_2.
> > In my last version of Window XP-sp2, file names are now in the form
> > FPXXXXX.SPL and the XXXXX value does not match any more with the "JobId".
> > Strangely enough, if for a specific printer "Advanced Properties",
> > function
> > "Keep printed documents" is activated, the structure of printer spool name
> > is
> > back to the older version (5 decimal digits = JobId).
> > Could somebody be so kind to tell me how to predict the Printer Spool File
> > Name, for a specific "JobId".
> > Many thanks.
>
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