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Purpose

To retrieve a list of installed printers.

Syntax

<oPtrDevice>:GetPrinters() → aPrinters                                (ARRAY)

Description

This method retrieves the installed printers.  The printers are returned in a two dimensional array structured as follows:

 

         aPrinters[x,1] = Printer Name                ("HP LaserJet II")

         aPrinters[x,2] = Device Driver                ("HPPCL")

         aPrinters[x,3] = Port                                ("LPT1:")

 

If the method fails, an empty array is returned.

Example

// ? the installed printers

aPrinters := oPtrDevice:GetPrinters()

for nLp := 1 to alen(aPrinters)

         ? aPrinters[nLp,1]

next nLp