I am trying to get a list of printers from a network. I am using
enumprinters with PRINTER_ENUM_NAME so I can point to the print server from
which I want to get the list. This works fine on my local PC and a home
network with 2 computers, but it only returns local printers on a large
network. What am I doing wrong???
EnumPrinters(PRINTER_ENUM_NAME, // types of printer objects to enumerate
nil, // name of printer object
1, // specifies type of printer info structure
nil, // pointer to buffer to receive printer info
structures
0, // we use 0 so that Windows tells us how
big a buffer it wants
pcbNeeded, // pointer to variable with no. of bytes
copied (or required)
pcReturned // pointer to variable with no. of
printer info. structures copied
);
GetMem(pBuffer,pcbNeeded); //create a buffer of the required size
fillchar(pBuffer^,pcbNeeded,0);
if EnumPrinters(PRINTER_ENUM_NAME, //now we read the printer list
PANSICHAR(trim(sitesetup.combobox1.Text)), //user input to
point to the print server
1,
pBuffer,
pcbNeeded, // this is the real size, in bytes, of
buffer
pcbNeeded,
pcReturned
)=False then begin
end;
//now we copy that part of the buffer that we are interested in to our
array
system.move(pBuffer^,pPrinter,pcReturned*sizeof(TPrinterInfo1));
for l:= 0 to pcReturned - 1 do
begin
PrinterName:= string(pPrinter[l].pnAME);
sitesetup.listbox1.items.add(PrinterName);//add to list here
end;
