Subj : Re: How to select a non-default printer?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid>
Date : Tue Jan 06 2004 07:50 am

David Ayre wrote:

>I use a routine that automatically selects the default printer,
>But I would now like to be able to override the default selection
>and select another printer.

You the User, or You the Programmer?
For You the User, remove  sPd.Flags = PD_RETURNDEFAULT;

For You the Programmer, you could use EnumPrinters with PRINTER_INFO_2
to get the same data your are saving.

>	lpDevNames = (LPDEVNAMES)GlobalLock(sPd.hDevNames);
>	lpcDriver = (LPSTR)lpDevNames + lpDevNames->wDriverOffset;  
>	lpcDevice = (LPSTR)lpDevNames + lpDevNames->wDeviceOffset;
>	lpcPort = (LPSTR)lpDevNames + lpDevNames->wOutputOffset;
>	GlobalUnlock(sPd.hDevNames);
>	ptr = (LPDEVMODE)GlobalLock(sPd.hDevMode);

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