>>My application allows users to specify which printer they want to use for certain reports. ex: Schedules print to one printer and postcards to another printer. Right now I store the Name of the printer in a table and issue SET PRINT TO NAME myPrinter to get the right printer. The problem arises when one user calls the printer OKI and another calls it OKIDATA. Is there a better way to identify these printers? I am going to add a user login with user specific settings, but this is more machine specific. Should I have a separate DBF on each machine that stores machine specific items like printer names? Thanks for your input.
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>>Marcus.
> You coulg use GETPRINTER() to get the printer name, make the user select one from the list and store this in your table.
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>Bernard

Thanks Bernard,
That is actually what I do now. The problem is that GETPRINTER() can return a different name for the same printer depending on which machine you are using. I get OKIDATA on one machine, then overwrite it with OKI when I go to a different machine. Clearly, I need to NOT store this info in a central database file. Someone else recommended using the registry of each machine for this info. Makes sense, but what do you think?

Marcus.