Changing Printer Properties in VB code

[cturland]

Hi all,

Does anyone know how I can change the printer port settings in VB code?
I need to do this because my program prints out *.ps file, but you have to
state the name in the printer properties meaning that I have to always use
the same name. This limits me to being able to only produce one *.ps file at a time.

Any ideas would be appreciated,
Cheers,
Carl

 

[Craftor]

I am not sure if this is possible - but maybe you could use the Printer object in VB - I know that it could be used to change the device & driver names?? It does have some hidden properties (such as printer.print) so maybe one of these can help you??

Only a thought to think about...

X-)

 

[Vraylle]

The VB printer object is flaky, at best. I recently had to go through some pain because of the way it interacts with NT. Try this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/suppor...ation NT&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=VBB

It seems to provide access an awful lot of the printer settings.