Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dee Earley Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Subject: Re: Shell to print Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 11:27:43 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <4dc09c4c$0$61662$c30e37c6@pit-reader.telstra.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rjApkXnSOjrT83QpZ8fKqg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:118 On 04/05/2011 01:22, D&JG wrote: > Hi all > 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? When you try it, how does it not work? What is RunShellExecute() (ShellExecute declare or a wrapper function?) and what values are you passing? Does right click, print on the same file work as expected? -- Dee Earley (dee.earley@icode.co.uk) i-Catcher Development Team http://www.icode.co.uk/icatcher/ iCode Systems (Replies direct to my email address will be ignored. Please reply to the group.)