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Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw /

Chapter 9 - Printing Manager / Printing Manager Reference

Printing Manager Routines / Low-Level Routines

PrDrvrDCE
You can use the PrDrvrDCE function to get a handle to the current printer driver's device control entry (DCE).
FUNCTION PrDrvrDCE: Handle;
DESCRIPTION
The PrDrvrDCE function returns a handle to the current printer driver's DCE. A printer driver's DCE contains specific information about that printer driver. You can also get a handle to the driver's DCE by calling the Device Manager function GetDCtlEntry.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Apple strongly discourages you from using this routine.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION
The trap macro and routine selector for the PrDrvrDCE function are
Trap macro Selector
_PrGlue $94000000

SEE ALSO
For more information about DCEs and how the Device Manager uses them, see Inside Macintosh: Devices.