Re: Server Printing using Print Dialog

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"BrassicaNigra" <brassica_nigra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CB9AC21E-765C-4906-987D-E4155BD72B4D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

How can I bring up a print dialog box in the client browser that offers the
different printers available to the server?

You can't. Calling a dialog box on the server would pop a dialog box on the server - there will be no-one there to see it...

If that is not possible, is there a way to retrieve the names of the
printers on the server. I could then use the PrintSettings.PrinterName
property to set the output myself

Certainly. Because the code will be running on the server, you have the entire .NET Framework at your disposal. There are several ways you can retrieve the collection of printers installed on the server, but WMI is probably the simplest:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Management;

using (ManagementObjectSearcher objMOS = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer"))
{
using (ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMOS.Get())
{
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
// do something with objMO["Name"]
}
}
}


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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