DOCERR: DEVMODE dmPaperSize Member Documentation Error

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q108924
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.1 and 3.0
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

The dmPaperSize member of the DEVMODE structure is documented incorrectly. The documentation states that the dmPaperSize member may be set to zero if the length and width of the paper are specified by the dmPaperLength and dmPaperWidth members, respectively. However, the correct value to use for user-defined paper sizes is DMPAPER_USER.

DMPAPER_USER is correctly listed in the Microsoft Windows 3.1 SDK documentation as meaning a user-defined paper size, but is completely omitted from the Microsoft Windows 3.0 SDK documentation.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbprint kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: GdiPrn

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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