<div>
&quot;HOWTO: Connect to a Network Printer with the Win32 API&quot;<br />
<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q154/0/07.asp" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q154/0/07.asp</a><br />
<br />
&quot;Add new printers&quot;<br />
<a href="http://www.vbsquare.com/tips/tip409.html" rel="ugc">http://www.vbsquare.com/tips/tip409.html</a>
</div>


"HOWTO: Connect to a Network Printer with the Win32 API"

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q154/0/07.asp [http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q154/0/07.asp]

"Add new printers"
http://www.vbsquare.com/tips/tip409.html [http://www.vbsquare.com/tips/tip409.html]

<div>
thats not quite what im looking for...i need to be able to add the printer without any user interaction.
</div>


thats not quite what im looking for...i need to be able to add the printer without any user interaction.

<div>
if you are using Win95/98 then the pName parameter of the function is null, as it references the server name (and under Win95/98 you can only add local printers). &nbsp;i havent seen vb code anywhere yet that uses this function but the general info regarding it can be found at:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/gdi/prntspol_1po2.htm" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/gdi/prntspol_1po2.htm</a><br />

</div>


if you are using Win95/98 then the pName parameter of the function is null, as it references the server name (and under Win95/98 you can only add local printers).  i havent seen vb code anywhere yet that uses this function but the general info regarding it can be found at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/gdi/prntspol_1po2.htm [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/gdi/prntspol_1po2.htm]


<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
what API calls can i make to add a printer driver through VB code? &nbsp;Please give a brief explain of each api call and/or sample source code. Thanks! (VB6, Win98)<br />
<br />

</div>
</div>


what API calls can i make to add a printer driver through VB code?  Please give a brief explain of each api call and/or sample source code. Thanks! (VB6, Win98)



Adding Printers in VB

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.