>>I am sure this has been answered before but I missed it.
>>
>>I need to use the selprint function of a RichText Control.
>>Unfortunately it requires the following
>>
>>hdc -- Thedevice context of the device you plan to use to print the
>>contents of the control.
>>
>>and
>>
>>Note If you use the Printer object as the destination of the text
>>from the RichTextBox control, you must first initialize the device
>>context of the Printer object by printing something like a zero-length
>>string.
>>
>>Assuming I have the name of the printer or I just want to print to the
>>default printer.

>

declare integer CreateDC in Win32API ;
>    string @ lpszDriver,	;
>    string @ lpszDevice,	;
>    string @ lpszOutput,	;
>    string @ lpInitData
>declare integer DeleteDC in Win32API ;
>    integer hDc
>declare integer GetDeviceCaps in Win32API ;
>    integer  hdc, integer  nIndex
>
>#define DRIVERVERSION 0
>#define TECHNOLOGY    2
>
>lpszDriver="WINSPOOL"
>lpszDevice=getprinter()
>hDC = CreateDC(lpszDriver, lpszDevice, 0, 0)
>? hDc                        && If succesfull not NULL
>? GetDeviceCaps(hDC, DRIVERVERSION)
>? GetDeviceCaps(hDC, TECHNOLOGY) && 2 Rasterprinter 0 Vectorplotter
>=DeleteDC(hDC)

This works and gets hDC but still I can't use selprint. MS KB says you cannot print under Win95 but WinNT and under investigation. June 18, 1997 Article ID: Q170126 (I don't have newer). Feedback me if you succeed :)
>Cetin

I'm sort of late-jumping into this thread, but now I need it, so I'd like to know if anything worked, short of running a dummy instance of CommonDialogs (while that would still work OK for me if it wouldn't show onscreen).

So, did anyone get this working?