Visual Basic Help..Printing (1 Viewer)

[adgala]

Hi everybody..i would like to know how to print word documents through visual basic e.g. the user presses a command button which then prints out a particular word document (which i've pre-made) to the default printer. thanks in advance

 

[sunny]

Try the ShellExecute API for starters. Since you haven't said which version of VB you are using....

VB6

Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

VB.NET

Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA"(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Integer) As Integer

Use "print" for lpOperation.