Prompt for default printer

[snootalope]

Expanding on the question another user asked in this thread - thread329-1237916 - Is it possible for a script to query which printers are installed and prompt the user to choose between them to set the default?

 

[EBGreen]

Sure it is. You would just query wmi to get all the available options, present the user with a list, get the response, then set the default.

[red]"... isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway?! I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you are good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick[/red]

 

[snootalope]

Great! And you make it sound so easy.. I'm not a programmer in anyway, don't suppose you could tell me how to do this? I'm currently running through a slew of google hits, but it's all greek to me.

To be more specific, I'm using a batch file to check active directory for group membership, that in return calls a vbs script to connect a network shared printer (\\serer\printer) - so I'd need to have a separate vbs script run last that does the query after the printers have been mapped.

Can you help me?

 

[EBGreen]

Here is the way that I would do it:

Create an HTA
In the OnLoad event for the window:
have it query WMI to determine the available printers
Create a radio button that corresponds to each printer
Have it create a submit button
in the OnClick event of the submit button:
Do go through the collection of printers that you got from the previous query and set the proper one as default


[red]"... isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway?! I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you are good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick[/red]