Printing Question

[mp_direct]

Hi All,

In my program i am monitoring a folder, once somthing happens in this folder it does some processing on the data, and if there are any error it produces an error file: errorLog.txt

What i want to know is: once it has created this errorLog how can i print it automatically, without having to go to file->Print ........ect

[Phil Weber]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tarttopic1.asp

[mp_direct]

I have got this code which prints the document,

Dim p As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
p.Verb = "print"
p.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
p.FileName = "D:\DB.log"
p.UseShellExecute = True
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(p)

I wanted to know how i can choose which printer to print to rather than using the default one?

[Phil Weber]

I don't know of any way to print to a printer other than the default using Process.Start. You'll have to use .NET's printer classes if you need more control: http://www.startvbdotnet.com/controls/printdialog.aspx

[oupoi]

You may automate MS Word to print the file on background, but it is rather complicate.

The simplest way is to set the default printer to the one you want before print. This can be done on the command line by

RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /y /n "printer name"

So, just use another 'Process.Start' to run the above command before print.