How to get the list of all printers in computer

#1

is possible with clarion?

#2

EnumPrinters api, or WMI query “SELECT * from Win32_Printer”.

#3

how i can use this with clarion? any example?

#4

WMI example, required Active scripting:

EnumPrinters                  PROCEDURE()
wmi                             TVBWMI
i                               LONG, AUTO
  CODE
  FREE(PrintersQ)
  
  wmi.Init(site)
  wmi.Connect()
  wmi.ExecQuery(`Select * from Win32_Printer`)
  
  LOOP i=1 TO wmi.items.Count()
    CLEAR(PrintersQ)
    PrintersQ:Name = wmi.items.GetProp(i, 'Name')
    ADD(PrintersQ)
  END
#5

Ice Tips has EnumPrinters in Articles with an example. The example does not follow Lee’s suggestion to call once to get the required size.

https://www.icetips.com/showarticle.php?articleid=469&frompage=ccs_article_list

https://www.icetips.com/showarticle.php?articleid=991&frompage=ccs_article_list

Also an example on below page described as "Using enumprinters api - Example - Olivier Cretey GetPrinterJobStatus.zip " (attached eblow)

https://www.icetips.com/downloads.php?dl=PAR2

GetPrinterJobStatus.zip (4.8 KB)

#6

Thanks Carl Barnes…