Windows 10 printerselection

henningth@hotmail.com

NAV2009 classic - have used the classic method used by many - in codeunit having a printerselection by name and when job is done then restore the printer.
IN Windows 10 - the selected printer (spec. PDF printer) then becomes the default printer and stays there until you manually alter it in the control panel.
Testing with Windows 7 this is not the case - the original default printer stays as the default.
Cannot figure out why - anybody having an idea?

robertwendler@yahoo.de

I dont know about the function, which you use, but if the windows standard printer is changed, then you doing something wrong.

Normally you create a single instance codeunit - set the alternative printer there and then get the alternative printer in CU 1 and skip the printer selection one time. Also you have to reset the saved printer in the single instance cu.

Then you have a changed printer for a single print job!

mdPartnerNL

What happens when you do this directly on the server?

henningth@hotmail.com

The code looks like this - 2 funktions in codeunit to handle it (Select printer by name and RestorePrinterSelection:

SelectPrinterByName("User ID" : Code[20];"Report ID" : Integer;"Printer Name" : Text[30])
PrinterTable.SETFILTER(Name, '@' + "Printer Name", "Printer Name");
IF PrinterTable.FIND('-') THEN
BEGIN
//Store old selection.
PrinterRestoreUserID := "User ID";
PrinterRestoreReportID := "Report ID";

IF PrinterSelection.GET("User ID", "Report ID") THEN
BEGIN
PrinterRestorePrinterName := PrinterSelection."Printer Name";
BoolInsert := FALSE;
END ELSE
BEGIN
PrinterRestorePrinterName := '';
PrinterSelection.INIT;
PrinterSelection."User ID" := "User ID";
PrinterSelection."Report ID" := "Report ID";
BoolInsert := TRUE;
END;

PrinterSelection."Printer Name" := PrinterTable.ID;

IF BoolInsert THEN
PrinterSelection.INSERT
ELSE
PrinterSelection.MODIFY;
END ELSE
BEGIN
ERROR(STRSUBSTNO(Text033, "Printer Name"));
END;

And then the restore part:



RestorePrinterSelection()
IF PrinterRestorePrinterName <> '' THEN
BEGIN
IF PrinterSelection.GET(PrinterRestoreUserID, PrinterRestoreReportID) THEN
BEGIN
PrinterSelection."Printer Name" := PrinterRestorePrinterName;
PrinterSelection.MODIFY;
END;
END ELSE
BEGIN
IF PrinterSelection.GET(PrinterRestoreUserID, PrinterRestoreReportID) THEN
BEGIN
PrinterSelection.DELETE();
END;
END;

vaprog

This is a Windows 10 feature. It can be turned off in Settings > Devices > Printers & Scanners > Let Windows manage my default printer

Actually, this could be regarded as an incompatibility between NAV and Windows 10. The automatic default printer switch should only work if the user manually selects a different printer, in my opinion.