>>Hi all,
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>>I need to rename a printer programmatically (any printer from the printers Window in Windows NT). I have tried using the OpenPrinter() and SetPrinter() api functions, but I get errors in VFP. I am now trying to write a C++ program, but I do not know how to convert the 'pPrinter' pointer to a data structure of type PRINTER_INFO_2 in the SetPrinter function.
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>>Does anyone know how to do this? Am I on the right track?
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>>Thanks in advance,
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>Hi Maria,
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>I'm not a C++ programmer, but I do know a little about the API. First, add the winspool.h include file. Second, rather than a PRINTER_INFO_2 structure, which also requires a pointer to a DEVMODE structure, I'd use a PRINTER_INFO_5 structure, which doesn't require this. I'd then use a call to GetPrinter to initialize the structure, then change the name of the printer and send it to SetPrinter.
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>The only problem that I can see with this is NT. PRINTER_INFO_2 also requires a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure. You can initialize this structure using PRINTER_INFO_2, and a call to GetPrinter, which should give you both this and the DEVMODE structure.

A null pointer for the security descriptor should use the Default SACL for the user for a console app. The user needs to have Server Operator or Admin privileges (either as a Local Administrator or DOmain Admin) to alter the printer name.

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>Hopefully, someone a bit more fluent in C++ can fill in any holes I've left open.
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>hth,