Hi
We have a ASP.net app which calls into a web service which allow users to
print stuff. At the moment they have to specify the printer. Apparently
this is too much for our users, so I was wondering if there's a way of
getting the default printer from their user profile?
TIA
Glenn
5  1987 
Are you saying that you want a remote application to make a call to the
client's default printer and print something on it? That would be a Security
nightmare.
--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Printing Components, Email Components,
FTP Client Classes, Enhanced Data Controls, much more.
DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries: http://www.miradyne.net
"Glenn" <gl**********@yahoo.co.ukwrote in message
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Hi
We have a ASP.net app which calls into a web service which allow users to
print stuff. At the moment they have to specify the printer. Apparently
this is too much for our users, so I was wondering if there's a way of
getting the default printer from their user profile?
TIA
Glenn
Kevin
Your right of course, but in this case the application server and clients
all reside within a single domain and are authenticated by the application.
Thanks
Glenn
"Kevin Spencer" <un**********@nothinks.comwrote in message
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Are you saying that you want a remote application to make a call to the
client's default printer and print something on it? That would be a
Security nightmare.
--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Printing Components, Email Components,
FTP Client Classes, Enhanced Data Controls, much more.
DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net
"Glenn" <gl**********@yahoo.co.ukwrote in message
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>Hi
We have a ASP.net app which calls into a web service which allow users to
print stuff. At the moment they have to specify the printer.
Apparently this is too much for our users, so I was wondering if there's
a way of getting the default printer from their user profile?
TIA
Glenn
I meant "You're"
"Glenn" <gl**********@yahoo.co.ukwrote in message
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Kevin
Your right of course, but in this case the application server and clients
all reside within a single domain and are authenticated by the
application.
Thanks
Glenn
"Kevin Spencer" <un**********@nothinks.comwrote in message
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>Are you saying that you want a remote application to make a call to the
client's default printer and print something on it? That would be a
Security nightmare.
--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Printing Components, Email Components,
FTP Client Classes, Enhanced Data Controls, much more.
DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net
"Glenn" <gl**********@yahoo.co.ukwrote in message
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>>Hi
We have a ASP.net app which calls into a web service which allow users
to print stuff. At the moment they have to specify the printer.
Apparently this is too much for our users, so I was wondering if there's
a way of getting the default printer from their user profile?
TIA
Glenn
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"Glenn" <gl**********@yahoo.co.ukwrote in message
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>Kevin
Your right of course, but in this case the application server and clients
all reside within a single domain and are authenticated by the
application.
When you talk of a 'single domain', I'm assuming you mean a corporate
intranet...?
If so, you *might* be able to write an ActiveX control which would need to
run on each client machine - however, you'd have to seriously ramp down your
security just to even get it to download and install, never mind run...
Mark
Yep, it's an intranet app and the ActiveX idea is a no go because of group
policy.
I had a feeling it wasn't meant to be.
Thanks anyway.
Glenn
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"Glenn" <gl**********@yahoo.co.ukwrote in message
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>"Glenn" <gl**********@yahoo.co.ukwrote in message
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>>Kevin
Your right of course, but in this case the application server and
clients all reside within a single domain and are authenticated by the
application.
When you talk of a 'single domain', I'm assuming you mean a corporate
intranet...?
If so, you *might* be able to write an ActiveX control which would need to
run on each client machine - however, you'd have to seriously ramp down
your security just to even get it to download and install, never mind
run...
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