Retreive the vb object "printer" corresponding to the Default Printer

June 22, 1999
By André Masson

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Paste the following code into it's own BAS module (or convert it to a class if required)

'MS Windows API Function Prototypesprivate Declare Function GetProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias _     "GetProfileStringA					

										                    

                                        

                    
										


                                        
                                            

    
        
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