Guest JimR Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 I have read the article "kbprint KB119256", in Microsoft KnowledgeBase, which explains how to setup a path and file name for a printer that basically has a FILE port type. I am wondering if it is possible to have the filename change dynamically. For example: append some sequence counter. The idea being that in a multiple-user network many users printing to the same printer would not overlay each others files. The prefix would be consistent: "\\server\path\fileXXXX.txt" where XXXX will be the result of some sequence counter generated by Windows automatically.
Guest Bob I Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Automatic Printing to a File Name in Windows Having read the article, you should have seen this in the Additional Information section. "Windows NT stores all the user-defined print information in the registry; it does not allow you to modify an .ini file to disable the pop-up messages prompting for a file name from program." Using that info, and being crafty. you could then "merge" any filename changes to the registry entry where you found the unique filename you created when you made the original entry. You could then use a batch file to create your "new" registry reg file for the next round. JimR wrote: > I have read the article "kbprint KB119256", in Microsoft > KnowledgeBase, which explains how to setup > a path and file name for a printer that basically has a FILE port > type. > > I am wondering if it is possible to have the filename change > dynamically. For example: append some sequence counter. The idea > being > that in a multiple-user network many users printing to the same > printer would not overlay each others files. The prefix would be > consistent: "\\server\path\fileXXXX.txt" where XXXX will be the > result > of some sequence counter generated by Windows automatically. >
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