switch printers from Windows on a button

[webcat]

Hi,

I know this is possible on a Mac, because I have gone to great lengths to get it to work.

I can have a button that prints something on one printer and another button which prints something else on another printer, totally automatically, without any other user input.

I do this with AppleScripts called from Filemaker

Is this possible on a Windows machine? What is the equivalent of Applescript on a PC :

I should know this, I just can't remember!!

if anyone can prompt my memory, I'd be very grateful.

thanks.

[webcat]

right,

figured out it is a DDE Executive.

so, does anyone know if it is possible to use a DDE script step to change the printer to which the DB prints to?

I only use Macs normally and I have been asked to add in this printer changing feature to someone's already built FM Database on a PC system!!

anyone ever done anything like this?

[stanley]

I don't know anything about DDE - I work mostly on Macs as well - but I've had to implement printer switching in Windows twice, and both times used the ProPrint plugin. This worked fine on one setup, not so good on another, and now I'm just beginning to play around with two other plugins that switch printers on Windows. If I have any good results, I'll post them.

-Stanley