Retrieving the name of the default printer for the current user on the local computer (Win NT/XP) -- Visual FoxPro : Using Win32 (WinAPI) Functions


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Retrieving the name of the default printer for the current user on the local computer (Win NT/XP)

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This code sample retrieves the name of default printer on local computer and obtains detailed information for this printer in PRINTER_INFO_5 format.

See also:

Using EnumPrinters function to enumerate locally installed printers

Enumerating print jobs and retrieving information for default printer

How to retrieve number of print jobs that have been queued for the printer


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Created: 2002-12-30 21:43:09
Modified: 2009-01-03 15:26:33
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Listed functions:

ClosePrinter
GetDefaultPrinter
GetLastError
GetPrinter
GetProfileString
LocalAlloc
LocalFree
LocalSize
OpenPrinter

My comment:

The name of the default printer can be read from the Windows Registry: use GetProfileString function with "Windows" and "Device" passed as first two parameters.

Note that GetDefaultPrinter function requires at least Win2K and is not supported on older Windows versions. On Win9*/Me the EnumPrinters called with PRINTER_ENUM_DEFAULT flag returns information about the default printer.

See also: SetDefaultPrinter, APRINTERS().

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	thelasttimetoPayForcodeFromHere \| 2006-06-19 16:45:47


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