Word's PrintOut method

Hi all.

I'm in trouble with Word's PrintOut method.

I can open/print/close Word Documents :

$wd = new-object -com word.application
$wd.visible = 1
$doc = $wd.documents.open("c:\xyz.doc")
$doc.printout()
$doc.close()

I need to print those docs on a file, so I guess that I should pass
parameters to the PrintOut method... But How I can do that ?!?!?!?! I don't
know the syntax to do it !
(actually, this script print the document on the deault printer...)

Someone can point me in the right direction, please ?

TIA
FabioG

$doc | get-Member print*

shows the members of doc object starting with print

so you can see the parameters you need

and since the definitions re long you want want to format-list so you
can see the whole definition

i.e

$doc | get-Member print* |Select-Object definition| format-list

gives you..


Definition : System.Void PrintOut(Object& Background, Object& Append,
Object& Range, Object& OutputFileName, Object& From, Object& To,
Object& Item, Object& Copies, Object& Pages, Object& PageType, Object&
PrintToFile, Object& Collate, Object& ActivePrinterMacGX, Object&
ManualDuplexPrint, Object& PrintZoomColumn, Obj
ect& PrintZoomRow, Object& PrintZoomPaperWidth, Object&
PrintZoomPaperHeight)
Definition : System.Void PrintOut2000(Object& Background, Object&
Append, Object& Range, Object& OutputFileName, Object& From, Object&
To, Object& Item, Object& Copies, Object& Pages, Object& PageType,
Object& PrintToFile, Object& Collate, Object& ActivePrinterMacGX,
Object& ManualDuplexPrint, Object& PrintZoomColumn,
Object& PrintZoomRow, Object& PrintZoomPaperWidth,
Object& PrintZoomPaperHeight)
Definition : System.Void PrintOutOld(Object& Background, Object&
Append, Object& Range, Object& OutputFileName, Object& From, Object&
To, Object& Item, Object& Copies, Object& Pages, Object& PageType,
Object& PrintToFile, Object& Collate, Object& ActivePrinterMacGX,
Object& ManualDuplexPrint)
Definition : System.Void PrintPreview()
Definition : System.Boolean PrintFormsData {get;set;}
Definition : System.Boolean PrintFractionalWidths {get;set;}
Definition : System.Boolean PrintPostScriptOverText {get;set;}
Definition : System.Boolean PrintRevisions {get;set;}

take your pick

Thank You for Your answer, but I already knew methods and parameters.
I don't know how to use them.

For instance, let's take this declaration :

> Definition : System.Void PrintOut(Object& Background, Object& Append,
> Object& Range, Object& OutputFileName, Object& From, Object& To,
> Object& Item, Object& Copies, Object& Pages, Object& PageType, Object&
> PrintToFile, Object& Collate, Object& ActivePrinterMacGX, Object&
> ManualDuplexPrint, Object& PrintZoomColumn, Obj
> ect& PrintZoomRow, Object& PrintZoomPaperWidth, Object&
> PrintZoomPaperHeight)

In my previous sample, I called PrintOut without parameters.. But what if I
would specify the OutputFileName parameter ?

I tried :

$doc.PrintOut($null, $null, $null, "c:xyz.prn")

But I got the error :

Argument: '1' should be a System.Management.Automation.PSReference. Please
use [ref].
At line:6 char:16
+ $doc.printout( <<<< $null,$null,$null,"c:temp.xyz")

What does it means "use [ref]" ? I tried :

$doc.printout([ref]$null,[ref]$null,[ref]$null,[ref]"c:temp.xyz")

But now I got the error :

Exception calling "PrintOut" with "18" argument(s): "The number must be
between -32765 and 32767."
At line:6 char:16
+ $doc.printout( <<<< [ref]$null,[ref]$null,[ref]$null,[ref]"c:temp.xyz")

I saw that those parameters are defined as "optional"... Should I specify
ALL the parameters ? Do You think that $null value could mean "do what You
want" ? Or, maybe, I have to load local variables ($a, $b, $c) and use them
as parameters ?

I'm really in trouble, and the standard documentation doesn't help me too
much...

TIA
Fabio G

this is a common issue when calling com objects that require a
reference.. even if its just null, you gotta make a reference.. i
haven't tested this but it should be something like this

$a = $null
$outfile = "c:temp.xyz"
$doc.printout([ref]$a,[ref]$a,[ref]$a,[ref]$outfile)

Thank You, I did it !
But FYI, the PrintOut method don't like null parameters...

$pCopies = 1
$pBackGround = 0
$pAppend = 0
$pRange = 0
$doc.printout([ref]$pBackGround, [ref]$pAppend, [ref]$pRange, [ref]$FilePS)

I discovered that I MUST give values for ALL the parameters that comes
before the one I need to use (Filename...).

Thank You
FabioG