>>>>>I have an application that automatically runs each night and loads a lot of data from some text files. I have the job running while I am logged out. I am trying to print some reports and they do not print.
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>>>>>Does any one know if of how to connect to a network printer while no one is logged on so that the reports can print?
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>>>>>I am using Fox 2.6, NT 4.0
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>>>>>Thanks,
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>>>>>James
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>>>>Sorry, I don't follow you here. If you want to print something on network printer, then you should be connected to this printer, i.e. you must log on network. What actually prevents you from doing this? Or you mean that the same application which runs text file processing should also print?
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>>>Yes, sorry for the confusion . . . It prints some reports while processing at night while no one is logged in . . . . Is there a way to connect to the network printer programmatically without logging on?
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>>>Thanks
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>>The only way you can connect to a network printer is to be logged into the network and have the privelages to access the printer. You instead need to be looking into how you can programatically login.
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>>Wayne
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>Thanks, for the help . . .Do you have any ideas on how to programatically login?

You can attach a device (drive or printer) using the WNetAddConnection() API call. The API call prototypes as:

DECLARE INTEGER WNetAddConnection IN Win32API ;
 STRING cRemoteUNC, ;
 STRING cPassword, ;
 STRING cLocalDevice

To attach \\MyServer\Printer1 as LPT4: under my current userid:

=WNetAddConnection('\\MyServer\Printer1',cMyPassWord,"LPT4:")

You can also use the Wscript.Network object to attach printers; it's more flexible, in that it will allow you to specify a userid and password when connecting the device. You need to install the Windows Scripting Host to maek the Wscript.Network object available to your system.