>>>PRINTSTATUS()does not work under Windows as it used to under MSDOS. Is there anyway that I can detect from a VFP9 application if a user has a printer attached AND SWITCHED ON on LPT1? At the moment if the printer is not attached or switched on the app just hangs.
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>>>Thanks
>>>Barry Sutton
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>>Not really. Under Windows, the printer is attached to a spooler which is always on, no matter if the printer is turned on or not.
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>Fred,
>Thanks for confirming that. Is there anyway to set up a timeout against the spooler so that I can avoid a hanging app in this circumstance?
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>Barry.

Neither situation should "hang". The only thing I've ever seen is that if no printer is defined at all, that can cause problems.

You should be able to use SET("PRINTER",2) and if it's EMPTY() there is no printer installed.