Question : printing a file given the path in windows API

Hey all I am trying to print off a document but I am receiving an error when i use the ADDJOB function

heres my code,what am i doing wrong?

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int main(int argc, char **argv)
{ 
	char *filename=argv[1];				//printer namer
	char *pPrinter="mono_simplex_a4";				//printer namer 
	int iIndex = 0;
	DWORD dwNeeded, dwRet, dwPrinterStatus;
	ADDJOB_INFO_1* pJob = NULL;
	HANDLE hPrinter=NULL; 
	
	HANDLE hWait;
	JOB_INFO_2  *pJobs=NULL; 
	int iJobs, iTempIndex;
	int jobid=4;
	int c;
	
	 
	PRINTER_DEFAULTS pd;
	pd.pDatatype = NULL;
	pd.pDevMode = NULL;
	pd.DesiredAccess = PRINTER_ALL_ACCESS; 

	if(!OpenPrinter(pPrinter,&hPrinter,&pd)) 
	{
		DisplayError("OpenPrinter Failed");
		return FALSE;
	}
	 
	GetJobs(hPrinter,       
		&pJobs, /* Pointer to be filled.  */ 
		&iJobs,            /* Count of jobs filled.  */ 
	
		&dwPrinterStatus);         /* Print Queue status.    */  
 
	
	pJob[0].Path="@c:\test\config.txt\n"; 
	AddJob(hPrinter,1,(LPBYTE) pJob,0,&dwNeeded); 
	
	
	return (0);
}

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Answer : printing a file given the path in windows API

hmm one second .... Here's some bit of code I used in the specified guerilla project.

/// numele fisierului
public static void ConvertPdfToTiff(string Filen)
{
//try
//{
// StringCollection printers = GetPrintersCollection();
// if (printers.IndexOf("ELOPrinter") == -1)
// {
// MessageBox.Show("Instalati ELOPrinter si restartati aplicatia");
// return;
// }
//}
//catch
//{

//}
System.Diagnostics.Process P = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
P.StartInfo.FileName = Filen.ToString();
P.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
P.StartInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
P.StartInfo.Verb = "print";
P.Start();
P.Dispose();
bool jobExistent = false;
while (!jobExistent)
{
StringCollection jobs = GetPrintJobsCollection("ELOPrinter");
if (jobs.Count == 1) jobExistent = true;
}
jobExistent = true;
while (jobExistent)
{
StringCollection jobs = GetPrintJobsCollection("ELOPrinter");
if (jobs.Count == 0) jobExistent = false;
}

System.Diagnostics.Process[] myProcesses;
myProcesses = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("AcroRd32");
foreach (System.Diagnostics.Process myProcess in myProcesses)
{
myProcess.Kill();
}
}

///

/// Aceasta Metoda returneaza lista imprimantelor instalate
///

/// lista imprimantelor instalate
private static StringCollection GetPrintersCollection()
{
StringCollection printerNameCollection = new StringCollection();
string searchQuery = "SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer";
ManagementObjectSearcher searchPrinters =
new ManagementObjectSearcher(searchQuery);
ManagementObjectCollection printerCollection = searchPrinters.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject printer in printerCollection)
{
printerNameCollection.Add(printer.Properties["Name"].Value.ToString());
}
return printerNameCollection;
}

///

/// Aceasta metoda returneaza lista job-urilor curente ale unei imprimante
///

/// numele imprimantei
/// lista job-urilor
private static StringCollection GetPrintJobsCollection(string printerName)
{
StringCollection printJobCollection = new StringCollection();
string searchQuery = "SELECT * FROM Win32_PrintJob";
ManagementObjectSearcher searchPrintJobs =
new ManagementObjectSearcher(searchQuery);
ManagementObjectCollection prntJobCollection = searchPrintJobs.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject prntJob in prntJobCollection)
{
System.String jobName = prntJob.Properties["Name"].Value.ToString();
char[] splitArr = new char[1];
splitArr[0] = Convert.ToChar(",");
string prnterName = jobName.Split(splitArr)[0];
string documentName = prntJob.Properties["Document"].Value.ToString();
if (String.Compare(prnterName, printerName, true) == 0)
{
printJobCollection.Add(documentName);
}
}
return printJobCollection;
}