Opening a Print Queue

[Andy]

Hi,

Does anyone know if there is a way to open the print queue dialog for a
specified printer?

I already know what the printers name is (e.g. \\server\printer1) but I
would like to be able to show the standard Windows print queue dialog.

Thanks,

Andy

 

[Gary Chang[MSFT]]

Hi Andy,

I am afraid the .NET Framework doesn't support to open a Print Queue
dialog. If you need a workaround on this issue, I suggest you consult this
issue in our corresponding Win32 SDK or Shell specific newsgroups, you may
receive some suggestions from there.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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[Andy]

Anyone had any thoughts on this?

There must be an API somewhere that can allow me to open the print queue
UI...

Thanks!

Andy

 

[Andy]

OK, I've worked this out myself:
using System.Diagnostics;

Process myProcess = new Process();

myProcess.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(@"\\server\printer1", "");

myProcess.Start();

Thanks!

Andy

 

[cSharpLess]

Anyone had any thoughts on this?

There must be an API somewhere that can allow me to open the print queue
UI...

Something like

[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
static extern int SHInvokePrinterCommand(IntPtr hwnd, uint uAction, string
lpBuf1, string lpBuf2, bool fModal);
const uint PRINTACTION_OPEN = 0;

....

SHInvokePrinterCommand(Handle, PRINTACTION_OPEN, "your-printer-name-here",
null, false);


Might do..

Bit more in

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...nctions/shinvokeprintercommand.asp?frame=true