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Print using ShellExecute to NOT default printer
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Visual FoxPro
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
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01375711
Message ID:
01375718
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>>No. It'll always print to default printer. If you want ro be "nasty" you can change default printer http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/changing-windows-default-printer
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>I am not sure I would call it "nasty" but rather "dangerous". That is, if I could be 100% sure that my application would change the default printer back to the user preference, it would be fine. But if my application fails and the user finds his/her preference changed, I would be in trouble.
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>But thank you very much for pointing to your code.

What to call it would depends on users reaction when default printer would changed w/o their permission. :)
Also it may not even work if application that does actual printing is already loaded in the memory. It'll usually use default printer at the time when it has been launched.
--sb--
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