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Re: Shell to print

From	"Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject	Re: Shell to print
Date	2011-05-04 08:05 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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"D&JG" <donandjane1@dodo.com.au> wrote:

> The following code has worked for years in sending a click-selected .doc
> file to any default printer:
> sFile = Filename
>
>
> Call RunShellExecute(sTopic, sFile, sParams, sDirectory, SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
>
> The document loads into MSOffice Word 2007, prints, and the program
> returns to continue as expected.  So far, this has been flawless in
> systems operating with Win XP.  Since attempting to run this from
> Windows 7, however, the function does not work.  Does Win 7 execute
> Shells differently?

The only suggestion I have is to try running your program with administrator 
priveleges and see what happens.

NT6 (Vista & Win7) are pretty different from NT5 (2000 & XP). (Different 
enough that I avoid NT6. Any OS that gives me a headache is off my list.)

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  I want courage, I want to stand alone
I want your arrogance and I want your pain
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