PC Printer Info to Array

[Obviator]

i have a small utility i use at work that gives me PC Name, PC Manufacturer, Serial Number and whether or not a specific program is loaded. i'd also like to add what printers are loaded on each machine, but i absolutely suck at arrays. i've been playing with and can make it output just what i want, but i'd like to put all the information out on one MsgBox rather than one for each printer. i don't have my source code here at home but my output looks like:

Computer Name:  "Computer Name"
Computer Manufacturer:  "Computer Manufacturer"
Computer SerialNumber:  "Computer SerialNumber"

WIMS Number:  "WIMS Number" (or "NO WIMS")

What i'd like to do is put installed printers underneath the "WIMS" and all i need is "Port", "Driver", & "Name". Port could be LPT1, USB, network address (we don't use print servers here), or PDF (that would tell me that they have full-blown Adobe Pro on the system). i don't want anyone to do the work for me, but show me how i could grab the information i want to an array and place it under the information i already have. Sorta like:

Printer Name             Port                 Driver
"HP Color LJ 5550"       XXX.XX.XXX.XXX       "HP Color LJ 5500"
"Bob's LJ 4000           USB                  "Universal Printer Driver"

Loaded printers could number anywhere from 2 to about 10 (maybe more). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

[martin]

i have a small utility i use at work that gives me PC Name, PC Manufacturer, Serial Number and whether or not a specific program is loaded. i'd also like to add what printers are loaded on each machine, but i absolutely suck at arrays. i've been playing with and can make it output just what i want, but i'd like to put all the information out on one MsgBox rather than one for each printer. i don't have my source code here at home but my output looks like:

Computer Name:  "Computer Name"
Computer Manufacturer:  "Computer Manufacturer"
Computer SerialNumber:  "Computer SerialNumber"

WIMS Number:  "WIMS Number" (or "NO WIMS")

What i'd like to do is put installed printers underneath the "WIMS" and all i need is "Port", "Driver", & "Name". Port could be LPT1, USB, network address (we don't use print servers here), or PDF (that would tell me that they have full-blown Adobe Pro on the system). i don't want anyone to do the work for me, but show me how i could grab the information i want to an array and place it under the information i already have. Sorta like:

Printer Name            Port                Driver
"HP Color LJ 5550"      XXX.XX.XXX.XXX      "HP Color LJ 5500"
"Bob's LJ 4000          USB                  "Universal Printer Driver"

Loaded printers could number anywhere from 2 to about 10 (maybe more). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

I think the information you need is in the registry

"\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\"

The printers are listed as key names and the data gives the driver and port.

[Obviator]

Martin, thanks for that.

i can get the information, but my (towering) limitation is that i can just provide the information as one MsgBox after another. i'd like to be able to present them all at once, hence the array idea. If i can capture the information in an array then i should be able to display it on the same MsgBox as the other information i capture. Either a WMI call to loop through the printers or looping through the registry i just can't capture the data as i'd like. i really need help on how to build an array that would capture the data and then present it. i feel like a complete dunce, i've just never been able to get arrays or how to construct them in my head.

Thanks,

Dave

[smartee]

hi,

Here is a great place to learn about Arrays in AutoIt.

No need to be so hard on yourself, post the code you have so far.

[Obviator]

Smartee,

Thanks for the link, i've been reading it and think i'm a "little" smarter than when i started. It's been a busy couple of weeks getting systems moved to Win7 but i'm no further along with my script than when i started. What i've got is this (heavily borrowed from JSThePatriot):

#include "CompInfo.au3" ;If you are wanting to pull WMI data from different computers then Declare $cI_CompName as the computer name before the include.

;NOTE: Printers contains alot of information, and may require a different output format.
Dim $Print
Dim $aPrinter
Dim $j, $k, $l

$j = 0
$k = 0
$l = 0

_ComputerGetPrinters($Print)
If @error Then
    $error = @error
    $extended = @extended
    Switch $extended
        Case 1
            _ErrorMsg($ERR_NO_INFO)
        Case 2
            _ErrorMsg($ERR_NOT_OBJ)
    EndSwitch
EndIf

For $i = 1 To $Print[0][0]Step 1
    For $j = 1 To $aPrint[0][0][0] Step 1
        $aPrint[$j][0][0] = $Print[$i][0]
        $aPrint[0][$k][0] = $Print[$i][28]
        $aPrint[0][0][$l] = $Print[$i][31]
;   MsgBox(0, "Test _ComputerGetPrinters", "Name: " & $Print[$i][0] & " -- " & "DeviceID: " & $aPrint[$i][28] & " -- " & "DriverName: " & $aPrint[$i][31])
    Next
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Where i "think" i'm going is getting JSThePatriot's WMI array to feed "my" array in the way i want it. So far no luck, but i'm hopeful that if i keep plugging i might get it yet.

Thanks,

Dave