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Getting the Default Printer in WinXP
Ha! That worked! Was the problem that I needed to initialize my BytesCopied variable? At any rate, thank you very much, palbano. You've been most helpful. -
Getting the Default Printer in WinXP
Hey, thanks! Didn't know about the Platform SDK update. I downloaded it and installed it. Now my code compiles just fine, but when I run it, the GetDefaultPrinter() function always returns ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY. This can't be right, because my machine has a gigabyte of RAM, and it's just... -
Getting the Default Printer in WinXP
Unfortunately, I've tried that. I use the following code: DWORD BytesCopied; //Number of bytes returned char PrinterName[80]; //Name of the printer if(!GetDefaultPrinter(PrinterName, &BytesCopied)) return false; I've included Winspool.lib in my project settings, I've even... -
Getting the Default Printer in WinXP
I have found a number of articles explaining how to get the name of the default printer in Win95, Win98, WinNT, and Win2000. However, I have found nothing about how to get the name of the default printer in WinXP. The method for Win95/98 is to use EnumPrinters. I can use EnumPrinters in...
