Print Template Reference

This section contains links that provide access to the object model exposed by the print preview behaviors.

Elements

Topic	Contents
DeviceRect	Provides a container forLAYOUTRECTelements and other content in a print template.
HeaderFooter	Provides a tool so that a print template can convert header and footer formatting strings to formattedHTML.
LayoutRect	Creates a container element for document content in a print or print preview template.
TemplatePrinter	Provides a print template with access to page setup and printer settings and control over print jobs initiated from the template.

Objects

Topic	Contents
dialogArguments	Provides a print template with access to thedialogArgumentsproperties passed to the print preview dialog window.

Properties

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__IE_ActiveFrame	Retrieves the index of the active frame in the frames collection.
__IE_BaseLineScale	Retrieves an integer specifying the font size of the print template.
__IE_BrowseDocument	Retrieves thedocumentobject of the page being printed or print-previewed.
__IE_ContentDocumentUrl	Retrieves a string specifying theURLof a temporary copy of the source document for the print template.
__IE_ContentSelectionUrl	Retrieves a string specifying theURLof a temporary .htm file containing the current selection in the browser.
__IE_DisplayUrl	Retrieves a string that specifies theURLof the document.
__IE_FooterString	Retrieves a string specifying the footer string from thePage Setupdialog box.
__IE_HeaderString	Retrieves a string specifying the header string from thePage Setupdialog box.
__IE_OutlookHeader	Retrieves a string specifying theMicrosoft Outlookheader string.
__IE_PrinterCMD_Device	Retrieves a string specifying the printer device driver if one was specifcied by the caller.
__IE_PrinterCmd_DevMode	Retrieves aDEVMODEstructure that contains information about the device initialization and environment of a printer.
__IE_PrinterCmd_DevNames	Retrieves aDEVNAMESstructure that contains strings which identify the driver, device, and output port names for a printer.
__IE_PrinterCMD_Port	Retrieves a string specifying the printer port if one was specified by the caller.
__IE_PrinterCMD_Printer	Retrieves a string specifying the printer name.
__IE_PrintType	Retrieves a string specifying whether a print template should prompt the user with the Print dialog box, with the Print Preview dialog box, or not prompt the user at all.
__IE_TemplateUrl	Retrieves a string specifying theURLof the print template.
__IE_TemporaryFiles	Retrieves a reference to a list of temporary file names saved from this document.
__IE_uPrintFlags	Retrieves a print flag value.
allLinkedDocuments	Sets or retrieves whether all documents linked to in the current document are printed with the current print job.
collate	Sets or retrieves whether the pages of a document are collated when printed.
contentDocument	Retrieves thedocumentobject of the page being printed or print-previewed.
contentOverflow	Retrieves a value that indicates whether the document contains additional content after processing the current LayoutRect object.
contentSrc	Sets or retrieves the content source for aLAYOUTRECTelement in a print template.
copies	Sets or retrieves how many copies of the document to print.
currentPage	Sets or retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the print current page option is checked.
currentPageAvail	Sets or retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the print current page option should be enabled in the print dialog box.
dateLong	Sets or retrieves the current date in long format.
dateShort	Sets or retrieves the current date in short format.
duplex	Retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether double-sided printing is active.
font	This method gets or sets the font properties for the header and footer.
footer	Sets or retrieves the footer formatting string from thePage Setupdialog box.
frameActive	Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the option button labeledOnly the selected framein thePrint framessection of thePrintdialog box is selected.
frameActiveEnabled	Enables or disables the radio button labeledOnly the selected framein thePrint framessection of thePrintdialog box.
frameAsShown	Sets or retrieves whether the document's frames are printed exactly as they appear on the screen.
framesetDocument	Sets or retrieves whether all the documents in the frameset are printed.
header	Sets or retrieves the header formatting string from thePage Setupdialog box.
headerFooterFont	Sets or retrieves a combination of strings that define font properties of the header and footer.
honorPageBreaks	Not implemented.
honorPageRules	Not implemented.
htmlFoot	Retrieves the HTML representation of the footer, as specified by the footer formatting string entered in thetextFootproperty of theHeaderFooterbehavior.
htmlHead	Retrieves the HTML representation of the header, as specified by the header formatting string entered in thetextHeadproperty of theHeaderFooterbehavior.
marginBottom	Sets or retrieves the bottom margin of the document to be printed.
marginLeft	Sets or retrieves the left margin of the document to be printed.
marginRight	Sets or retrieves the right margin of the document to be printed.
marginTop	Sets or retrieves the top margin of the document to be printed.
MEDIA	Sets or retrieves whether the document will be printed at the highest possible resolution.
nextRect	Sets or retrieves the identifier of the nextLayoutRectelement used to format the document.
orientation	Sets or retrieves the printing orientation for the current printer.
page	Sets or retrieves the page number that theHeaderFooterbehavior uses when generating HTML for headers and footers.
pageFrom	Sets or retrieves the first page in the document to be printed.
pageHeight	Retrieves the current height of a page on the printer.
pageTo	Sets or retrieves the last page in the document to be printed.
pageTotal	Sets or retrieves the page total that theHeaderFooterbehavior uses when generating HTML for headers and footers.
pageWidth	Retrieves the current width of a page on the printer.
selectedPages	Sets or retrieves whether a selected range of pages is printed, rather than the whole document.
selection	Sets or retrieves whether the selected portion of the document is the only part to be printed.
selectionEnabled	Enables or disables theSelectionradio button on thePrintdialog box.
tableOfLinks	Sets or retrieves whether to print a table of links as part of the current print job.
textFoot	Sets or retrieves the control string used by theHeaderFooterbehavior to generate HTML for the footer.
textHead	Sets or retrieves the control string used by theHeaderFooterbehavior to generate HTML for the header.
timeLong	Sets or retrieves the current time in long format.
timeShort	Sets or retrieves the current time in short format.
title	Sets or retrieves the title of the document currently being printed or print-previewed.
unprintableBottom	Retrieves the size of the bottom unprintable margin for the current printer.
unprintableLeft	Retrieves the size of the left unprintable margin for the current printer.
unprintableRight	Retrieves the size of the right unprintable margin for the current printer.
unprintableTop	Retrieves the size of the top unprintable margin for the current printer.
url	Sets or retrieves theURLof the document currently being printed or print-previewed.
usePrinterCopyCollate	Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the printer copy/collate feature is enabled.

Methods

Topic	Contents
deviceSupports	Checks whether the printer supports a specified feature.
ensurePrintDialogDefaults	Not supported.
getPageMarginBottom	Returns size of bottom margin from a specified @page rule and page dimensions.
getPageMarginBottomImportant	Retrieves whether the bottom margin of the specified @page rule is marked as!important.
getPageMarginLeft	Returns size of left margin from a specified @page rule and page dimensions.
getPageMarginLeftImportant	Retrieves whether the left margin of the specified @page rule is marked as!important.
getPageMarginRight	Returns size of right margin from a specified @page rule and page dimensions.
getPageMarginRightImportant	Retrieves whether the right margin of the specified @page rule is marked as!important.
getPageMarginTop	Returns size of top margin from a specified @page rule and page dimensions.
getPageMarginTopImportant	Retrieves whether the top margin of the specified @page rule is marked as!important.
printBlankPage	Prints a blank page.
printNonNative	Sends a non-HTML document, such as aMicrosoft Worddocument, to the printer.
printNonNativeFrames	Sends a non-HTML document, such as aWorddocument, to the printer from a page containing frames.
printPage	Sends a page, as defined by aDeviceRect, to the printer.
showPageSetupDialog	Displays the Page Setup dialog box.
showPrintDialog	Displays the Print dialog box.
startDoc	Uses the current print template to start a print job.
stopDoc	Ends the current print job.
updatePageStatus	Indicates the status of a print job.

Events

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onlayoutcomplete	Fires when the print or print preview layout process finishes filling the current LayoutRect object with content from the source document.

Print Template Interfaces

Additionally, interfaces are available to access print template functionality in C++.

Interfaces

Topic	Contents
IHeaderFooter	Implements print template properties.
IHeaderFooter2	Extends IHeaderFooter.
ITemplatePrinter	Provides a print template with access to page setup and printer settings, as well as control over print jobs initiated from the template.
ITemplatePrinter2	Provides a print template with access to page setup and printer settings, as well as control over print jobs initiated from the template.
ITemplatePrinter3	Extends ITemplatePrinter2 to retrieve author-specified page margins and to modify the font used for page header and footer.

Objects

Topic	Contents
CTemplatePrinter	Provides access to the ITemplatePrinter2 interface.