It seems to be working if I close adobe and then set the windows system default printer.

How do you suggest I accomplish this task?

I need to print to a bullzip pdf printer first to create a pdf.
Then, I need to switch to a selected printer to print a hard copy of the pdf.



>Hi Debra,
>
>The SetDefaultPrinter() has no effect on already running Acrobat Reader. It'll keep printing to the default printer set before it started. The only way to force it to print to another printer is to make sure that Acrobat Reader is not running before issuing another SetDefaultPrinter(). However in order to do that you have to make sure that previous file finished printing. You can do that by checking print queue for the job. In any case, it's not very reliable way to accomplish the task.
>
>If you still want to go in this direction, you can find all the pieces on my web site
>
>http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/enumerating-jobs-print-queue
>http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/check-if-exe-running-and-optionally-terminate-it
>
>
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>>I'm having a problem setting the default system windows printer.
>>
>>
>>lcprintername = lcdefaultprinter
>>IF SetDefaultPrinter(lcprintername) = 0
>> SELECT(lnalias)
>> messagebox("Cannot change the default windows printer.", 0+16+0,"Error")
>> return .f.
>>ENDIF
>>
>>ShellExecute(0,'Print',lcfile,"","",1)
>>
>>
>>
>>lcprintername = lcotherprinter
>>IF SetDefaultPrinter(lcotherprinter) = 0
>> SELECT(lnalias)
>> messagebox("Cannot change the default windows printer.", 0+16+0,"Error")
>> return .f.
>>ENDIF
>>
>>ShellExecute(0,'Print',lcfile,"","",1)
>>
>>
>>Both times the file gets printed to the first printer.
>>Do you know what's going on with this?
>>Even if I put a delay between them, it doesn't work.
>>If I put lcotherprinter first, both times it prints to lcotherprinter.
>>
>>I can't seem to switch the system printer and print using the shell execute successfully. I'm printing a pdf file.
>>
>>
>>Actually, I print to a bullzip pdf printer first and create the pdf.
>>Then, I need to switch to a selected printer to print a hard copy of the pdf.
>>
>>Can you tell what's wrong here? Doesn't the shell execute do a print to the default windows printer?
>>Is there something else I need to set? Or is this a timing issue?
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Deb