Getting the default printer - Visual Basic .NET

Panos

Hi, is there a way that i could get the default printer of the system? I'm
using VB.net 2001. There is a function in SDK called "GetDefaultPrinter", but
i don't understand how to use it.

Nov 30 '05 #1

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Panos" <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

Hi, is there a way that i could get the default printer of the system? I'm
using VB.net 2001

See:

<URL:http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/654608b1fa80e219>

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Imports System.Drawing.Printing
..
..
..

Private ReadOnly Property DefaultPrinterName() As String
Get
Dim ps As New PrinterSettings()
Return ps.PrinterName
End Get
End Property
..
..
..
Dim DefaultPrinter As String = DefaultPrinterName
///

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 30 '05 #2

Dennis

If you set PrinterName property to another printer, will this then become the
default printer after the application closes or does it revert to the
original default printer?
--
Dennis in Houston
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Panos" <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
Hi, is there a way that i could get the default printer of the system? I'm
using VB.net 2001

See:

<URL:http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/654608b1fa80e219>

\\\
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
..
..
..

Private ReadOnly Property DefaultPrinterName() As String
Get
Dim ps As New PrinterSettings()
Return ps.PrinterName
End Get
End Property
..
..
..
Dim DefaultPrinter As String = DefaultPrinterName
///

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Dec 1 '05 #3

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Dennis" <De****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

If you set PrinterName property to another printer, will this then become
the
default printer after the application closes or does it revert to the
original default printer?

I don't think that it will change the system's default printer permanently.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Dec 1 '05 #4

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