PrintScreen() Function

You can write a script to print the entire WindowViewer screen with the PrintScreen() function.

Syntax

PrintScreen (ScreenOption, PrintOption)

Parameters

ScreenOption

Determines how much of the WindowViewer screen is to be printed. A literal integer value, integer tagname, or integer expression.

1 - Print the client area, no menus (default)

2 - Print the entire window area, including menus

PrintOption

Determines how the printed image is to be stretched to fit on the printout.

• 1 - Best Fit:
  image is stretched so that it fits either horizontally or vertically on the printout without changing the aspect ratio. (default)

• 2 - Vertical Fit:
  image is stretched so that it fits vertically on the printout without changing the aspect ratio. The image may be cut off horizontally.

• 3 - Horizontal Fit:
  image is stretched so that it fits horizontally on the printout without changing the aspect ratio. The image may be cut off vertically.

• 4 - Stretch to Page:
  image is stretched so that it fits horizontally and vertically on the printout. The aspect ratio may change but the image is not truncated.

• Invalid options, including 0, default to Best Fit.

Note: Popup windows that extend beyond the WindowViewer screen area are cut off.

Example(s)

This script sends a printout of the current entire WindowViewer screen area without menus to the printer queue. The printout contains the screen area stretched so that it fills the printout dimensions.

PrintScreen(1,4);