It is difficult to set items that are not present in the DEVMODE structure. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/display/the-devmodew-structure
Ask your printer manufacturer.
How to cancel the "print preview" option in the printer preferences by coding?
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szmm
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I want to cancel the "print preview" option in the printer preferences by coding, maybe can use c++ windows api or C#.
Then how to do it ？
Thank you !
Windows development | Windows API - Win32
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Developer technologies | C#
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Castorix31 91,871 Reputation points2024-04-10T06:37:28.8033333+00:00 I don't have this option on my printer, but normally with DocumentProperties,
like the test I had done in this thread : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/748446/controle-printer-setting-using-vb-net
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szmm 25 Reputation points
2024-04-11T02:22:35.57+00:00 I also use DocumentProperties to open preferences. But I need to cancle the preview option when the user check it and save, because if check it, it will open a preview windows before print. This is what I don't want because I feel it is a poor user experience.
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Castorix31 91,871 Reputation points
2024-04-11T06:41:00.6566667+00:00 DocumentProperties is used to modify options, not just to open dialog
This option is probably in private data
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Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,736 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2024-04-10T06:07:20.3433333+00:00 Hello @szmm,
This UI is owned by System so you cannot custom it.
Thank you.