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>>>>I know SYS(1037) gives you a dialog. Also I know you can you SET PRINTER TO NAME GETPRINTER() but I thought there was a more efficient way to do this.
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>>>Changing the Windows default printer got much easier with the release of WSH 2.0; the Wscript.Network object now has a SetDefaultPrinter method which can take the returned printer name or device name string from the VFP GETPRINTER() as a valid argument. VFP is quite happy with the reassignment done through the SetDefaultPrinter method, and it sticks!
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>>And if you already have a valid printer name you can use the SetDefaultPrinter method as well, correct. I'm not familiar with WSH 2.0. How do I set it up to use the SetDefaultPrinter?
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>oWshNet = CREATEOBJ('Wscript.Network')
>oWshNet.SetDefaultPrinter(Windows printer name or device name)
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>You need Windows Script Host at version 2.0 to use this - it is not a part of WSH 1.0
Great. Thanks for the info.
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