Re: returning default printer name (full printer name) to a field in ORACLE FORMS(6i)

John Brown escribió:

>yopcaw9_at_yahoo.com (Bill) wrote in message news:<759d14ad.0208040555.6c16d00e_at_posting.google.com>...

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[Quoted] win_api_environment.read_registry. There is a very good example about obtaining things from the Registry. And in Windows98, you can get the default printer an port from:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Config\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\Default

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\"name of the default printer"\Port

If the printer is mapped to LPT1: you can get the real location of it from

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network\Persistent\LPT1

Hope it helps

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