how do I set a specific printer as default

[swin4ort]

I want to use AutoIt to automate the process where a user runs:

- control panel

- printers

- right clicks on a specific printer

- Set as Default Printer

[DW1]

hope this gets you started

Run( "control.exe printers" )

[PsaltyDS]

I want to use AutoIt to automate the process where a user runs:

- control panel

- printers

- right clicks on a specific printer

- Set as Default Printer

Although it looks harder, it is actually easier to use COM objects to do that. Here is a Microsoft answer in VBScript, which is easy to translate to AutoIt. Your task is a really simple example, and so a good one to learn this on.

Take a shot at it and post you code (working or not) and you'll get plenty of help making it work.

[Valuater]

another approach.. or two

RunWait(@SystemDir & '\RunDLL32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /HÛ   ][ÝÖÔ[Ü^H[YWI][ÝÉÌÎNÊoÝ÷ Úâ*.­æ¥,Ûh²0¡÷ÚºÚ"µÍØ[
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    "int", @SW_SHOWNORMAL)

Stolen from great people...

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[PsaltyDS]

another approach.. or two

8)

Give 'em a scipt and they print for a day...

Teach 'em to script and they code for life!

[Valuater]

Give 'em a scipt and they print for a day...

Teach 'em to script and they code for life!

... as i see you write more code here lately than anyone else...

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[PsaltyDS]

... as i see you write more code here lately than anyone else...

8)

But I'm trying to kick the habit, and here you are just being an ENABLER!

I'm reporting you to my AA* accountability partner**!

*AutoIt Anonymous

**SmOke_N

[swin4ort]

Both solutions are a lot shorter and more elegant than the 50 lines I came up with using Danwilli's suggested starting point. However, for both I get:

Operation could not be completed. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help.

I carefully cut and pasted the printer name; so I don't think that is the problem.

I can still set and unset the printer using windows.

any ideas?

[PsaltyDS]

Both solutions are a lot shorter and more elegant than the 50 lines I came up with using Danwilli's suggested starting point. However, for both I get:

Operation could not be completed. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help.

I carefully cut and pasted the printer name; so I don't think that is the problem.

I can still set and unset the printer using windows.

any ideas?

Weeellll... let's see some code, man! Don't know how to help till we see what you tried.

[swin4ort]

Weeellll... let's see some code, man! Don't know how to help till we see what you tried.

[swin4ort]

Weeellll... let's see some code, man! Don't know how to help till we see what you tried.

RunWait(@SystemDir & '\RunDLL32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n "E225310nD"')

;also ....

$sPrinterName = "E225310nD"

DllCall("printui.dll", "none", "PrintUIEntryW", _

"hwnd", 0, _

"ptr", 0, _

"wstr", '/y /n "' & $sPrinterName & '"', _

"int", @SW_SHOWNORMAL)