Network LAN connection detection(get a DLL that can get/set the default printer)

[thickbrain]

I'm sure there is a Windows XP DLL to use for that but I don't have a clue which one and which function to register and how to register it with SWFKit Pro 2.2

I would also like to be able to detect if the default printer is a networked printer and if it is accessible. The Printer object doesn't have such method. I can checked if the default printer string includes a double backslah at the beginning of the string but I don't think it is the best way to ensure it is a networked printer.

Thankx.

[SWFKit]

You can check if it is a network printer by checking a double backslash, because in a local printer name, a backslash is not allowed.

To see if the printer is accessible, you can use the OpenPrinter function. The following code shows how to do this

dllimport "winspool.drv" stdcall Boolean OpenPrinterA(String, int*, pointer);
dllimport "winspool.drv" stdcall Boolean ClosePrinter(int);

var printer = new Object;
printer.value = 0;
// This sample opens the first printer, however, you must
// open the default printer
if (OpenPrinterA(Printer.printers[0], printer, 0))
{
trace("Printer opened successfully with handle:" + printer.value);
ClosePrinter(printer.value);
} 
else
{
trace("cannot access the printer");
}

[SWFKit]

FFish script does not include any method to retrieve and set the default printer. However, we've built a dll (DP.dll) to do that. The DP.dll contains two methods, DPGetDefaultPrinter and DPSetDefaultPrinter. The attached sample shows how to call this dll from with ffish script and actionscript, and the C source code of the DP.dll is also included. To try the sample, please extract the files in the attached zip file into a new folder, and then open the dpsample.skp file with swfkit pro.