>>There's no way, since the function always returns an empty string. The Common Dialog ActiveX control, however, can be used to do this.
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>George:
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>Perhaps you can give me some help with using the Common Dialog control to programaticlly change a feature?
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>If I call the ShowPrinter() method, navigate through the control, and change a setting, I then see that change reflected in the properties of the print driver. How can I send those same keystrokes from a program?
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>I've tried
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KEYBOARD '{TAB}{ENTER}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}'

>which places me in a check box for "Flip Pages Up" in my currently selected printer. I press Spacebar and watch the checkbox change.
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>When I added the Spacebar and finishing Enters to the KEYBOARD string, nothing changed. I modified the KEYBOARD string to have {LEFTMOUSE}, but that didn't work either.
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>I found a workaround for this, but it is very kludgy and has generated a different set of problems.
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>Any and all help is gratefully appreciated.
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Rich,

I'm not sure there is one. The control shows the current state of the printer and allows the user to make changes. From what I understand, you're trying to control the initial display. Is that correct?