Don,

Check DirecktDruck Printer Detection and Raw Sending File #17985

>Pardon me if this isn't the best place to put this. No "general" Printing section under VFP.
>
>I've got an issue with VFP (using 6.0 but pertains to any version) and Windows XP. Our customers are all upgrading to WinXP and they need an old DOS-based Fox app rolled up to VFP (currently moving it to 6 but can go higher).
>
>Problem is how they want the application to print! It starts with Customer "X" having his own printer configuration (up to four Novell Network Queue names stored in a DBF) which can be different from Customer "Y".
>
>Due to sensitive nature of what's on these printers (custom BLANK "official" paper forms), the NSS and the main customer do NOT want these printers set up in XP at all (in any way, shape, or form! Important!!)
>
>In our old app, we used a 16-bit DLL that would automatically attach, print a file (ASC II text) to the appropriate queue, and disconnect on the fly. With XP, I'm pulling my hair out because everything I try that even LOOKS at the queue demands the printer to be installed. If it's not, it will stop everything while the user is forced through the Printer setup to install it.
>
>Bottom-Line: Is there any way to send output to a run-time ONLY Printer/Queue without having to have it installed previously on each XP box?? I hope I explained the situation well enough. I haven't found anything that works the way the user wants it to, and I'm denting my head against a brick wall trying to explain the situation as I see it.
>
>HELP!