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Setting default printer in Access XP

Hi,

I have an Access 2000 Application which switches the default printer for gerating PDF-Dokuments. That works great. But if I run the database on Access XP, the function for setting the default printer does not work anymore: The code is:

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Declare Function GetProfileString Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GetProfileStringA" (ByVal lpAppName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long
Declare Function WriteProfileString Lib "Kernel32" Alias "WriteProfileStringA" (ByVal lpszSection As String, ByVal lpszKeyName As String, ByVal lpszString As String) As Long
Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lparam As String) As Long


Public Sub WinNTSetDefaultPrinter(Druckername As String)
   Dim Buffer As String
   Dim DeviceName As String
   Dim DriverName As String
   Dim PrinterPort As String
   Dim PrinterName As String
   Dim R As Long
   'If List1.ListIndex > -1 Then
   If Len(Nz(Druckername)) > 0 Then
   
       'Druckerinformationen des aktuellen Standarddruckers
       'aus der WIN.INI bestimmen
       Buffer = Space(1024)
   '    PrinterName = List1.Text
       PrinterName = Druckername
       R = GetProfileString("PrinterPorts", PrinterName, "", _
       Buffer, Len(Buffer))
       
       'Treibernamen und Anschlu_ aus Puffer parsen
       GetDriverAndPort Buffer, DriverName, PrinterPort
       
       If DriverName <> "" And PrinterPort <> "" Then
           SetDefaultPrinter Druckername, DriverName, PrinterPort
       End If
   End If
End Sub
Private Sub GetDriverAndPort(ByVal Buffer As String, DriverName As String, PrinterPort As String)
   Dim iDriver As Integer
   Dim iPort As Integer
   DriverName = ""
   PrinterPort = ""
       
   iDriver = InStr(Buffer, ",")
   If iDriver > 0 Then
   
       DriverName = Left(Buffer, iDriver - 1)
       
       iPort = InStr(iDriver + 1, Buffer, ",")
       
       If iPort > 0 Then
           PrinterPort = Mid(Buffer, iDriver + 1, _
           iPort - iDriver - 1)
       End If
   End If
End Sub
Private Sub SetDefaultPrinter(ByVal PrinterName As String, ByVal DriverName As String, ByVal PrinterPort As String)
   Dim DeviceLine As String
   Dim R As Long
   Dim L As Long
   DeviceLine = PrinterName & "," & DriverName & "," & PrinterPort
   R = WriteProfileString("windows", "Device", DeviceLine)
   L = SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0, "windows")
End Sub






The code who runs the functions:

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               If CreateRegEntry(REG_SZ, "PDFFileName", "C:\" & Rpt.Caption & ".pdf") = False Then
                   MsgBox "Error  !"
                   GoTo EMailReportExit
               End If

               TmpStandardDrucker = GetProfile("win.ini", "Windows", "Device")
               Call WinNTSetDefaultPrinter("Acrobat PDFWriter")  
               
               While Not GetProfile("win.ini", "Windows", "Device") Like "Acrobat PDFWriter*"
                   DoEvents
               Wend
               
         '*** Print REPORT

               
               Call WinNTSetDefaultPrinter(Left$(TmpStandardDrucker, InStr(1, TmpStandardDrucker, ",") - 1))
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Does anyone know, what the problem with Access XP is?  

(Note: The App has to run unter Access2000 AND unter AccessXP, so I cannot use the printers object)

Thanx

Andy
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<<(Note: The App has to run unter Access2000 AND unter AccessXP, so I cannot use the printers object)>>

 Well that answered one of my questions<g>

So what exactly happens?  Error message or just doesn't work?

Jim.
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If youe want you can also make a ComboBox on a form & change the default printer from the combobox as well.
1) Make the ComboBox on your form.
2) Change the "Row Source Type" property for the Combobox to "Value List"
3) On the OnLoad event for your form Put this code:
   Me.ComboBox.RowSource = GetPrinters
   Me.ComboBox = GetDefaultPrinter

4) On the AfterUpdate Event for your ComboBox put this Code:
   DoCmd.Hourglass True
   SetDefaultPrinter (Me.ComboBox)
   DoCmd.Hourglass False
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@JDettman: If I look in the printers setup, the default printer IS set correctly, but the access form nevertheless prints to the previous printer. Seems like it is too quick, such like it prints before the printer is switched, but therefore I inserted the lines

While Not GetProfile("win.ini", "Windows", "Device") Like "Acrobat PDFWriter*"
   DoEvents
Wend
             
but that doesn't help.
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Great! I do not know exactly what was wrong with MY code (looks very similar), but anyway: This code works under both versions.

Thanx and bye

Andy