>How can I set the Windows default printer from within Visual Foxpro.
>How can I retrieve the name of the current windows default printer from within Visual Foxpro.

Last question first: SET('PRINTER', 2) returns the current default printer. You can get a list of all installed printers by using the APRINTERS() function.

There are several ways to set the default printer. One involves re-writing the WIN.INI [ Windows ] section DEFAULT= entry, then having all top-level applications re-load the section.

Another is to re-write the Default registry entry under HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Print\Printers.

Easiest is to use the WScript.Network object's SetDefaultPrinter method. The WScript.Network object is part of the Windows Script Host and may not be available on certain platforms.