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   kchengso to J French   
   Re: Printer Devicename - Can Change to U   
   25 Dec 04 23:37:47   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc   
   From: kchengso@hotmail.com   
      
   Many thanks.   
   I have managed to solve the problem after reading deeper into what Mike and   
   J suggested.   
   Thanks for all your times.   
      
   "J French"  wrote in message   
   news:41cd1f1f.337448860@news.btclick.com...   
   > 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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