Christoph

Thanks VERY much for the pointer !

I was fooled by the KB article entitled "How To Modify Printer Settings by
Using SetPrinter" ..... doesn't actually change anything !

I've now read both your suggested sections (properly!) and provisionally
have got it to work now that i'm doing it correctly !

Would I be correct in assuming that if I use the PRINTER_INFO_9 to change
the personal defaults this would work best with a network shared printer as
opposed to the global PRINTER_INFO_8 ?

Thanks again for all your assistance

Kind Regards

Andrew


"Christoph Lindemann" <clindemann2@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:eWo1oyJaIHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Well, have you tried peeking at the documentation in the SDK? It sometimes
> actually helps.
>
> The keys to your success on setting the global and personal default
> settings, are the level 8 and 9 PRINTER_INFO_* structures. Check out the
> "SetPrinter" section and the "Per-User DEVMODE" section in the SDK.
>
> Also try reading the "DocumentProperties" section. DocumentProperties has
> nothing to do with setting default settings.
> If you set duplex in the pDevModeInput it is also set in pDevModeOutput,
> unless the printer does not support duplexing. By calling
> DocumentProperties you give the driver the opportunity to fix/update/merge
> the changed members with those of the driver's internal DEVMODE structure.
> The call is necessary since some changes may not work correctly; the
> printer driver must be called to correct the DEVMODE structure. When the
> document is about to be printed, your application chould pass the merged
> DEVMODE structure to CreateDC
>
> If you want to set the printer (while printing) to simplex, you should set
> the DM_DUPLEX flag and specify DMDUP_SIMPLEX for the dmDuplex member. Or
> else the driver will use it's driver internal default duplex setting
> (which probably is simplex for standard printer drivers)
>
> --
> Christoph Lindemann
>
>
> "Andrew Kennard" <b@a.com> wrote in message
> news:%23hPxKi%23ZIHA.5784@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all
>>
>> I've done a cross post on this reply tomyself(!) because I cant find an
>> appropriate group to post this on.
>>
>> OK i've dug a bit futher an can confirm that when I use GetPrinter to get
>> the PRINT_INFO_2 data from the printer is the duple mode is set the
>> correct value is returned
>>
>> If it is not set the I change the DevMode.dmDuplex value and then pass it
>> through DocumentProperties
>>
>> Move
>> (DocumentProperties(0,hPrinter,AddressOf(sPrinterN ame),ppi2.pDevMode,ppi2.pDevMode,(DM_IN_BUFFER+DM_ OUT_BUFFER)))
>> to iFlag
>>
>> When it comes out the other side of this dmDuplex is still set how I set
>> it
>>
>> I then call SetPrinter with the full PRINT_INFO_2 data and it returns non
>> zero ie succeeds
>>
>> Move (SetPrinter(hPrinter,2,pPI2_Data,0)) to iFlag
>>
>> BUT the duplex value when I go and check in the property panel of the
>> printer has not changed ????
>>
>> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated !
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> "Andrew Kennard" <b@a.com> wrote in message
>> news:uK9izi1ZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Further to my other post I've found some more info on printer settings
>>> specfically
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140285
>>>
>>> I've converted it so that it works in the language I am using (Visual
>>> Dataflex) and it appears to be working in that non of the functions
>>> return errors etc
>>>
>>> However having used it to "set" the duplex mode of the printer.
>>>
>>> When I go back into "Printers and Faxes" on XP and call up the printers
>>> properties this setting has not changed ?
>>>
>>> Should this have worked ? ie am I doing something wrong ?
>>>
>>> Or can it not be done this way and I need to use another method ?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> PS I couldn't seem to find an appropraite newsgroup to post this on so I
>>> hope these are the two closest !
>>>
>>
>>
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