> Hello. Cor Ligthert [MVP]  In:    microsoft.public.dotnet.general recommended
> I ask this question here:
>
>
>  We are upgrading one of our apps from VB6 to VS2005(VB).
>
>  Barcode printing is part of the app. What we used to do is send the
>  printer
>  command directly to the printer. Printer.print {long printer command}
>  would
>  work. Since that doesn't exist anymore, how do we go about sending this
>  printer command to the barcode printer? The drawstring meathod prints the
>  command as an actual string on the barcode. I think it sees it as a
>  graphic
>  only, not an actual string.
>
>  Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks.

"Ahmed" wrote:

> Take a look at these links:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingprintingprintdocumentclassprinttopic.asp
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.print.aspx
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingprinting.asp
>
>
> Sub-Lt wrote:
> > Hello. Cor Ligthert [MVP]  In:    microsoft.public.dotnet.general recommended
> > I ask this question here:
> >
> >
> >  We are upgrading one of our apps from VB6 to VS2005(VB).
> >
> >  Barcode printing is part of the app. What we used to do is send the
> >  printer
> >  command directly to the printer. Printer.print {long printer command}
> >  would
> >  work. Since that doesn't exist anymore, how do we go about sending this
> >  printer command to the barcode printer? The drawstring meathod prints the
> >  command as an actual string on the barcode. I think it sees it as a
> >  graphic
> >  only, not an actual string.
> >
> >  Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks.
>
>

> Thank you for the quick reply.
> Actually, I found my solution at
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;322090
>
> The only problem here is that I am gettin the error :
>
> A call to PInvoke function 'GEMS!GEMS.RawPrinterHelper::OpenPrinter' has
> unbalanced the stack. This is likely because the managed PInvoke signature
> does not match the unmanaged target signature. Check that the calling
> convention and parameters of the PInvoke signature match the target unmanaged
> signature.
>
> at
>
> if OpenPrinter(szPrinterName, hPrinter, 0) then
> ...
>
> "Ahmed" wrote:
>
> > Take a look at these links:
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingprintingprintdocumentclassprinttopic.asp
> >
> > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.print.aspx
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingprinting.asp
> >
> >
> > Sub-Lt wrote:
> > > Hello. Cor Ligthert [MVP]  In:    microsoft.public.dotnet.general recommended
> > > I ask this question here:
> > >
> > >
> > >  We are upgrading one of our apps from VB6 to VS2005(VB).
> > >
> > >  Barcode printing is part of the app. What we used to do is send the
> > >  printer
> > >  command directly to the printer. Printer.print {long printer command}
> > >  would
> > >  work. Since that doesn't exist anymore, how do we go about sending this
> > >  printer command to the barcode printer? The drawstring meathod prints the
> > >  command as an actual string on the barcode. I think it sees it as a
> > >  graphic
> > >  only, not an actual string.
> > >
> > >  Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks.
> >
> >

"Ahmed" wrote:

> Did you declare hPrinter  as a intPtr?
>
>
> Sub-Lt wrote:
> > Thank you for the quick reply.
> > Actually, I found my solution at
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;322090
> >
> > The only problem here is that I am gettin the error :
> >
> > A call to PInvoke function 'GEMS!GEMS.RawPrinterHelper::OpenPrinter' has
> > unbalanced the stack. This is likely because the managed PInvoke signature
> > does not match the unmanaged target signature. Check that the calling
> > convention and parameters of the PInvoke signature match the target unmanaged
> > signature.
> >
> > at
> >
> > if OpenPrinter(szPrinterName, hPrinter, 0) then
> > ...
> >
> > "Ahmed" wrote:
> >
> > > Take a look at these links:
> > >
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingprintingprintdocumentclassprinttopic.asp
> > >
> > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.print.aspx
> > >
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingprinting.asp
> > >
> > >
> > > Sub-Lt wrote:
> > > > Hello. Cor Ligthert [MVP]  In:    microsoft.public.dotnet.general recommended
> > > > I ask this question here:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  We are upgrading one of our apps from VB6 to VS2005(VB).
> > > >
> > > >  Barcode printing is part of the app. What we used to do is send the
> > > >  printer
> > > >  command directly to the printer. Printer.print {long printer command}
> > > >  would
> > > >  work. Since that doesn't exist anymore, how do we go about sending this
> > > >  printer command to the barcode printer? The drawstring meathod prints the
> > > >  command as an actual string on the barcode. I think it sees it as a
> > > >  graphic
> > > >  only, not an actual string.
> > > >
> > > >  Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks.
> > >
> > >
>
>

> Hello. Cor Ligthert [MVP]  In:    microsoft.public.dotnet.general recommended
> I ask this question here:
>
>
>  We are upgrading one of our apps from VB6 to VS2005(VB).
>
>  Barcode printing is part of the app. What we used to do is send the
>  printer
>  command directly to the printer. Printer.print {long printer command}
>  would
>  work. Since that doesn't exist anymore, how do we go about sending this
>  printer command to the barcode printer? The drawstring meathod prints the
>  command as an actual string on the barcode. I think it sees it as a
>  graphic
>  only, not an actual string.
>
>  Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks.