Re: Printing to only USB printer

"J French" <erewhon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Personally I would show a 'non-standard' dialog - also that
> would only be on request as the 'current selection' would
> be tucked away in an INI file

Yes. I agree that in many circumstances a 'non standard' dialog might be
better than a standard CommonDialog, for a variety of reasons. I also agree
that there are circumstances when it is not wise to show a dialog at all
(for example a program you might write to be used by a child of an age that
would mean he might become confused by a printer dialog, or perhaps a
program that is required to run unattended and print reports from time to
time). Also, under such circumstances keeping the 'current selection' in an
in file is often also a good idea. For general purpose stuff though (such as
word processors, desktop publishers, drawing programs and standard stuff
like that) there is nothing to beat a full blown printer dialog. In fact for
some purposes that is the only way you can give the user access to certain
printer settings. Some things are virtually impossible for the user to get
at in any other way. As far as I recall though the OP hasn't actually stated
who will use his program, or under what circumstances, so its a little hard
to make a definite recommendation in his case.

Mike



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