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   Re: Printer Devicename - Can Change to U   
   25 Dec 04 08:15:00   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc   
   From: erewhon@nowhere.uk   
      
   On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:24:13 +0800, "kchengso"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Thanks for comments from Steen, Jan and Mike.   
   >I am able to follow what Steen suggested to change the returned value of   
   >Printer.Devicename. However, my intention is to change the   
   >Printer.Devicename itself to Upper Case and to write it back into the Window   
   >Registry, so that the next time I call it, the returned value of the   
   >Printer.Devicename will be in Upper Case instead of lower case.   
   >This might seem trivial but it is made difficult as Printer.Devicename is a   
   >read only property.   
   >Appreciate your help.   
      
   Surely the DeviceName is immediately supplied by the Printer Driver   
   - admittedly, the driver will have fished it out from Windows   
   - and ultimatetely the 'DeviceName' will have come from another driver   
      
   Does it matter if it is upper or lower case ?   
      
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