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Fri May 14 00:33:59 CDT 2004
That would work for any app I write. . . . but I need a solution for any
print job (Word, Excel, etc.)
I see now that I wasn't clear about that in my first post.
Is there a way to solve this issue using vb.net?
Kevin
"DNE" <someone@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I know this is not exactly what you asked, but allow me to explore another
> option, possibly with less dependencies:
>
> How about you prompt the user for a billing account before the printout
> (like in PrintDocument.BeginPrint event) and count the pages in PrintPage
> event, storing the record at EndPrint?
>
> Ori
>
> "a" <a@a.com> wrote in message
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> > Not sure where to post this question.
> >
> > I need to make a change to the standard PrintDialog, or have another
form
> > popup along with it. I need to track the 'client to be billed' for each
> > print job, along with number of pages. One solution I see would be to
> > change the standard box, so when a user clicks Print in any app, they
are
> > presented with a dropdown list of clients, and a record is added to a DB
> > with the selected client and the number of pages.
> >
> > Another method may be to 'intercept' windows messages headed to a
> > printer????
> >
> > Can someone guide me in the right direction here? I write in VB
(VB.NET).
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
>
>