>I need to be able to set a printed as the default printer on the fly from a VFP application. I need to be able to (for want of better phrases) 1) capture a printer port to a completely different network print queue, 2) send the print, and 3) reset the printer back to the original
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>Here's the problems, as I see them
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>1. This printer/print queue will probably not exist on the individual workstations, and
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>2. This needs to be local to the VFP app
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>This is all running on a Novell 4.11+ network
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>And, of course, I'm on a short timeline with this so ANY help would be appreciated

Dorris,

First, getting the default printer can be done via the SET("PRINTER", 2) function call. I'd use this will APRINTERS() to get the port.

Setting the default printer can be done, if it's available, via the Windows Script Host's WScript.Network object's SetDefaultPrinter() method. See the fourth in the five part series of articles on using the WSH from within VFP that appeared in the VFUG (www.vfug.org) newsletter. The articles are available on-line at the site. This information can be found in last December's issue.