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cruzader
Contributor
13 years ago
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Cannot access specific objects in Devices and Printers

Hello to all, I would like to ask for assistance from those very knowledgeable in TC8. I wanted to create a script that would access objects in Devices and Printers window of Windows 7. ...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    13 years ago
    What are you trying to test by accessing the printer properties?  Is this something that can be done by instantiating something within the windows environment?
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Dmitry_Nikolaev
Staff
13 years ago
Hi Ruel,



Try using the following code (machinename is the name of the computer where the needed printer is located):

Dim WshShell, oExec


Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")


Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /p /n\\machinename\Printer1")