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Function name : GetDefaultPrinter

Group: Printing and Print Spooler - Library: winspool.drv

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The GetDefaultPrinter function retrieves the printer name of the default printer for the current user on the local computer.

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Code examples:

Retrieving the name of the default printer for the current user on the local computer (Win NT/XP)
Enumerating print jobs and retrieving information for default printer (JOB_INFO_1 structures)
Printing Image File, programmatically set print page orientation to landscape
Setting default printer

Declaration:

BOOL GetDefaultPrinter(
  LPTSTR pszBuffer,   // printer name buffer
  LPDWORD pcchBuffer  // size of name buffer
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetDefaultPrinter IN winspool.drv;
	STRING  @ pszBuffer,;
	INTEGER @ pcchBuffer
  

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Parameters:

pszBuffer [in] Pointer to a buffer that receives a null-terminated character string containing the default printer name.

pcchBuffer [in/out] On input, specifies the size, in characters, of the pszBuffer buffer.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is a nonzero value and the variable pointed to by pcchBuffer contains the number of characters copied to the pszBuffer buffer, including the terminating null character.

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Comments:

Windows NT/2000/XP: Included in Windows 2000 and later.
Windows 95/98/Me: Unsupported.

See also: SetDefaultPrinter, EnumPrinters, PrinterProperties.

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