by Justin Z (1 Submission)
Category: Windows System Services
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
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This utility runs in the system tray and prints an image at the time specified by the user on a once a week basis. It was written to be sure that our seldom used inkjet printer's cartridges will not dry up from lack of use.
Inputs
To use it, you should specify the printer to print to (system's default printer if none is chosen), the day of week and time of day to run.
Assumes
I didn't want this utility to run on every start of my computer so there are no registry entries used to invoke that behavior. If such behavior is desirable to you, create a shortcut to this app in your startup folder.
Code Returns
The app will print a picture of a color wheel to ensure that none of the cartridges will be left unused. Feel free to place any image in the picture box on frmCwheel. After printing, it will write the print time to a text file "print_log.txt", which will be created if it doesn't exist. The application will also save all user input to a "schedule.ini" file so that it can be retrieved the next time the utility is loaded. This file will also created.
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