>I am using copyfile api to send a file to a printer and it works great. However, I noticed today that it requires not the windows printer name (as we retrieve using getprinter() in vfp) but the sharename. Now I will have to determine if the printer is local or network and if network determine its network name. Is there a simple way to do this? I have many printername retrieval functions but none that I've found so far will return the sharename for a network printer based on its windows name on the workstation...
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>For instance if I use SET PRINTER TO NAME GETPRINTER() then SET('PRINTER',3) will have the windows name whether it is local or not and if it is a network printer it will not contain the network name. I need to somehow get the network name of the printer so I can pass it to copyfile...
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>TIA,

Tracy,

Doesn't APRINTERS() give you both?

If the is WSH OK and the above doesn't work then

oNet = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Network')
oPrinters = oNet.EnumPrinterConnections

The even numbered items, beginning with zero, has the port. In the case of network printers, this will be the name I think you might need.