Creates a new instance of Ghostscript. This instance is passed to most other gsapi functions.
C# Signature:
[DllImport("gsdll32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
private static extern int gsapi_new_instance(ref System.IntPtr pinstance, System.IntPtr handle);
VB Signature:
<DllImport("gsdll32.dll", CharSet:= CharSet.Ansi, CallingConvention:= CallingConvention.StdCall)> _
Private Shared Function gsapi_new_instance(ByRef pinstance As System.IntPtr, ByVal handle As System.IntPtr) As Integer
End Function
User-Defined Types:
None.
Alternative Managed API:
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Notes:
None.
Tips & Tricks:
When working with the gsapi.dll, start with the gsapi_revision function, get that working. Then get this api working next.
Sample Code:
/* Keep this variable at a class scope. It will be used by almost all of the gsapi functions */
System.IntPtr pinstance= IntPtr.Zero;
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
/* Pass in the reference to pinstance, declared above. Assume "this" is a Windows Form, so it will have a Handle */
int retVal = gsapi_new_instance(ref pinstance, this.Handle);
}
