Default Printer Determination

[James Bond 007]

I need to get the name of the default printer. I purchased a book that said
it is in the "My.Computer.Printer.DefaultPrinter" but I can't find it there.

I also tried using the PrinterSettings member but am having trouble.

Please help

Thanks

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi James,

I am afraid it has already been removed from the VS2005 RTM version.

Please refer to the corresponding MSDN forum thread:
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=5146&siteid=1

"Unfortunately, we had to remove printing support from My and the .NET
Framework because the APIs we were relying on (new for Whidbey) did not
meet our quality bar, and required more time than we could afford.
However, we do plan on picking up where we left off in the next release, as
we realize that a printing support is important to our customers."


Thanks for your understanding!


Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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