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Retrieve Current printer name

Retrieve Current printer name

API Declarations


Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName$, ByVal lpdwReserved As Long, lpdwType As Long, lpData As Any, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long

Const HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG As Long = &H80000005



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Dim PName As String
GetCurrPrinter = RegGetString$(HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG, "System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers", "Default")
PName = GetCurrPrinter

Function RegGetString$(hInKey As Long, ByVal subkey$, ByVal valname$)

    Dim RetVal$, hSubKey As Long, dwType As Long, SZ As Long
    Dim R As Long
    RetVal$ = ""
    Const KEY_ALL_ACCESS As Long = &HF0063
    Const ERROR_SUCCESS As Long = 0
    Const REG_SZ As Long = 1
    R = RegOpenKeyEx(hInKey, subkey$, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, hSubKey)
    If R <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then GoTo Quit_Now
    SZ = 256: v$ = String$(SZ, 0)
    R = RegQueryValueEx(hSubKey, valname$, 0, dwType, ByVal v$, SZ)
    If R = ERROR_SUCCESS And dwType = REG_SZ Then
        RetVal$ = Left$(v$, SZ - 1)
    Else
        RetVal$ = "--Not String--"
    End If
    If hInKey = 0 Then
        R = RegCloseKey(hSubKey)
    End If
Quit_Now:
        RegGetString$ = RetVal$
End Function