Programmatic method to get "exclusive lock" on a printer?

[sherifffruitfly]

Hi all,

Our C# app needs to send multiple documents to the printer (done), but
such that no other print jobs from other users (or the same user, I
suppose) can get "in between" any of the documents being sent.

Is there programmatic way to obtain exclusive access to a printer,
while I For-Next my way through my array of documents? If not is there
some other manner of guaranteeing that the bundle of documents sent to
the printer all come out as 1 unit, with no other jobs in between?


Thanks for any suggestions,

cdj

 

[Peter Morris]

Send them all as a single print job.

 

[sherifffruitfly]

Send them all as a single print job.

Excellent idea. Do you know if this approach will work with a mixture
of Word, Excel and PDF documents?

 

[Peter Morris]

Not a clue.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

Not a clue.

Thanks for telling us.

But it is really not necessary.

Arne