How to allow the user to select a printer?

[Mike Peat]

I just want to pop-up the standard printer dialog:



How do I do that?

Mike

[Samuel Pizarro]

it deppends on your reporting tool . the reporting tool should have mechanisms for that..

[Mike Peat]

Samuel

I'm not using a reporting tool - I just need to select a printer to send stuff to.

Mike

[Samuel Pizarro]

Ok

I have no idea on how you are going to send stuff to it...

but, Vincent wrote a lib for handling printers back in VDF 12.0 age...


Data Access Worldwide - Knowledge Base

It may have what you need. But sorry I never tried it..

It seems Focus and Ola had some experience with it..
Printer WinAPI challenge (dataaccess.com)
PrinterInfo Library - Vincent and all (dataaccess.com)

[Mike Peat]

Thanks Samuel!

Now just looking for the cDateTime Library it uses... hmm,,, not doing so well with that. I'll see if perhaps I don't actually need it.

Mike

[Samuel Pizarro]

That one is referenced in the same kb

there is a link for it there

[Mike Peat]

Samuel

OK, got that thanks.

But alas, although it now compiles (after a bit of hacking around ) under 20.1, it doesn't actually work.

Back to the drawing board.

Mike

[Samuel Pizarro]

But alas, although it now compiles (after a bit of hacking around ) under 20.1, it doesn't actually work.

:-(

[Focus]

I think you just need to call the wide versions of the external functions

[Samuel Pizarro]

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