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Fill a combobox with current defined printers

Add this code to an empty form with a combobox or list box on it: private Sub Form_Load() Combo1.Clear m_GetPrinters Combo1 Combo1.ListIndex = 0 End Sub ‘—————————————————————– ‘ looking for all printers and filling objListOrCombo ‘—————————————————————– public Sub m_GetPrinters(byref objListOrCombo as Object) Dim objPrinter as Printer Dim intNbOfPrinters as Integer intNbOfPrinters = Printers.Count – 1 […]

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Add this code to an empty form with a combobox or list box on it:

private Sub Form_Load()
    Combo1.Clear
    m_GetPrinters Combo1
    Combo1.ListIndex = 0

End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' looking for all printers and filling objListOrCombo
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
public Sub m_GetPrinters(byref objListOrCombo as Object)
    Dim objPrinter          as Printer
    Dim intNbOfPrinters     as Integer

    intNbOfPrinters = Printers.Count - 1
    for Each objPrinter In Printers
        objListOrCombo.AddItem objPrinter.DeviceName
    next
End Sub
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