Setting the Windows default printer

[Guest]

I would like to set the Windows default printer from a C# application. I
searched MSDN but cannot find an answer to this simple problem...

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Guido

 

[Scott Maskiel]

Hi Guido,

AFAIK this can only be done by directly editing the Registry key. See
this MSDN article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;271257

Regards,
Scott

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

Here is a link for your reference including the sample code.

http://groups.google.co.jp/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.distributed_apps/br
owse_thread/thread/dafccb4b376cb368/686aaae2ea164cd0?q=SetDefaultPrinter++%2
2C%23%22&rnum=3&hl=zh-CN#686aaae2ea164cd0

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[Guest]

Thanks for your reply.
The WMI code has one problem: it requires Windows XP or newer. Since I need
Windows 2000 support WMI does not work for me. However, I found the
SetDefaultPrinter function in the Win32 API (see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/prntspol_027m.asp )
This works for Windows 2000 and above.

Guido

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

Thanks for your feedback.

Because we can use WMI in .NET via System.Management namespace which is all
managed code, but if you wants to use it on earlier OS, I think we have to
use the P/Invoke into the API.

So the P/Invoke is also a good alternative on earlier OS platforms.

Thanks for your sharing the experience here.


Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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