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GetPrinterDriverDirectoryW(3w)

NAME

GetPrinterDriverDirectoryW (WINSPOOL.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL GetPrinterDriverDirectoryW
(
LPWSTR pName,
LPWSTR pEnvironment,
DWORD Level,
LPBYTE pDriverDirectory,
DWORD cbBuf,
LPDWORD pcbNeeded
)

DESCRIPTION

Return the PATH for the Printer-Drivers (UNICODE).

PARAMS

pName [In] Servername (NT only) or NULL (local Computer).

pEnvironment [In] Printing-Environment (see below) or NULL (Default).

Level [In] Structure-Level (must be 1).

pDriverDirectory [Out] PTR to Buffer that receives the Result.

cbBuf [In] Size of Buffer at pDriverDirectory.

pcbNeeded [Out] PTR to DWORD that receives the size in Bytes used / required for pDriverDirectory.

RETURNS

Success: TRUE and in pcbNeeded the Bytes used in pDriverDirectory

Failure: FALSE and in pcbNeeded the Bytes required for pDriverDirectory, if cbBuf is too small.

Native Values returned in pDriverDirectory on Success:

NT(Windows NT x86): "%winsysdir%\spool\DRIVERS\w32x86"

NT(Windows 4.0): "%winsysdir%\spool\DRIVERS\win40"

win9x(Windows 4.0): "%winsysdir%".

"%winsysdir%" is the Value from GetSystemDirectoryW(3w).

FIXME

- Only NULL or "" is supported for pName

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winspool.h".

Implemented in "dlls/winspool.drv/info.c".

Debug channel "winspool".

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