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  1. Aug 6th, 2003, 11:19 AM #1
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    Allow User to Select Printer in PrintPreview

    Hi all,

    Does anyone have any ideas on how to allow a user to select a printer from the PrintPreviewDialog control? The control has a print button, but when it is clicked it just prints to the users default printer. It would be really cool if I could bring up the PrintDialog when the print button was clicked - but not sure how to go about it (I am sure it would have to do with events).

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  2. Aug 6th, 2003, 12:20 PM #2
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    In all well known applications I have seen (esp Office Package) when you click print button it just prints to the default printer, and to print to another printer you should use the menu. It seems like an accepted practice.
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    Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice....

    Just thought I would ask to see if anyone came across the same thing.
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    Originally posted by Lunatic3
    It seems like an accepted practice.
    not everything that is done a lot while programming is like it should be. those things are often just made like that because the programmers were to lazy to program it like the user would like it.
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    Originally posted by robbedaya
    those things are often just made like that because the programmers were to lazy to program it like the user would like it.
    No!
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