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roger mcallister

Delphi Developer
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:33:14 GMT

ActivePrinter setting Windows Default printer

I'm using a TWordApplication object to manipulate MS word...opening,
changing, printing, and closing them. I use ActivePrinter to set the printer
for MS Word to print the document to. I have recently discovered that this
activity always causes MS Word to change the Windows default printer to the
printer that I print the document to. Is there a way to use TWordApplication
to tell MS Word to print a document without changing the Windows default
printer setting for the workstation? Thanks.
 
Clair

Delphi Developer
Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:25:01 GMT

Re:ActivePrinter setting Windows Default printer


You should store the default printer in a temporary var before affecting the
printer you want,
then after printing , you restore the default printer.

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> I'm using a TWordApplication object to manipulate MS word...opening,
> changing, printing, and closing them. I use ActivePrinter to set the
printer
> for MS Word to print the document to. I have recently discovered that this
> activity always causes MS Word to change the Windows default printer to
the
> printer that I print the document to. Is there a way to use
TWordApplication
> to tell MS Word to print a document without changing the Windows default
> printer setting for the workstation? Thanks.

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