# SetPrintAttribute

int SetPrintAttribute (int printAttribute, ...);

## Purpose

Sets the value of the the specified print attribute.

LabWindows/CVI maintains only one copy of the print attributes you set with SetPrintAttribute. When you change a print attribute in one thread, the change affects printing functions you subsequently call in other threads.

## Parameters

Input
Name | Type | Description
printAttribute | integer | The print attribute value to set. In the function panel, when you click the control or press <Enter>, <Spacebar>, or <Ctrl-down arrow>, a dialog box appears containing a hierarchical list of the available attributes. Attributes whose values cannot be obtained are dimmed. Help text is shown for each attribute. To select an attribute, double-click it or select it and then press <Enter>. If the attribute shown in this ring control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by moving to the Attribute Value control and pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants.
attributeValue | depends on the attribute | The value to which to set the print attribute. If the attribute shown in this control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants.

## Return Value

Name | Type | Description
status | integer | Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.
Code | Error Message String
xx | Success