directCONTROL

Printer driver SDK

The printer driver SDK directCONTROL provides programmatical support for all directCONVERT printer drivers. It supports Microsoft Visual Basic, VBA (Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications) as well as C++ and Delphi. Several functions gives full control over the output filename, printing properties and print job control.

Use directCONTROL in order to integrate efficient user interfaces or advanced document mangemant functionalities. Have full control over all printer properties, e.g. resolution, paper format, output filename and synchronisation to the end of a print job.

Premium support: directCONTROL is a product designed for all kind of software developers and integrators. We provide direct developer support.

COM / ActiveX and native C for seamless integration

The directCONTROL interface supports most actual programming languages:

• VB - Microsoft Visual Basic ™
• VBA - Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications ™ (t. ex. Microsoft Word ™, Microsoft Excel ™, Microsoft Access ™)
• Microsoft Visual Studio ™, Visual C ™
• Borland C++ Builder ™
• Borland Delphi ™

Interfaces are realised as COM / ActiveX - Control and as native DLL.

Facts

• Supports directCONVERT NT, directCONVERT NT/Pro, directCONVERT 2004 and directLABEL NT.
• Plugins for Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder and MSVC.
• Just one DLL.
• Synchronisation to printjob.
• Query all printer properties.
• Select an output filename.
• Select system-internal printer properties.
• Languages: English, German
• For Windows NT4.0, 2000, XP and 2003-Server

Additional Interfaces

• directINF
  Fast evaluation of raster image properties (size, resolution, compression) from TIFF, GIF, BMP, PCX and JPEG.
• tmfVBX
  Read, search and examine TiffMeta data stream or Eembedded TiffMeta files.
• tiffSTAMP and directSTAMP for VB
  Labeling and watermarks of TIFF-files.

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