API -> AddPrinterDriver [ Library : winspool.drv, Category : Printer ] [C#, VB, VB.net]

AddPrinterDriver

Library : winspool.drv Category : Printer

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API Description :

The AddPrinterDriver function installs a local or remote printer driver and links the configuration, data, and driver files. For more flexibility in installing or upgrading printer drivers, use the AddPrinterDriverEx function because it allows strict upgrade, strict downgrade, copying of newer files only, and copying of all files (regardless of the file time stamps).

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function AddPrinterDriver Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "AddPrinterDriverA" (ByVaL pName As String, ByVaL Level As Long, pDriverInfo As Any) As Long

Parameters :

pName 
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the server on which the driver should be installed. 
If pName is NULL, the driver will be installed locally. 

Windows 95/98/Me: This parameter must be NULL. The AddPrinterDriver function can only install local printer drivers. 

Level 
[in] Specifies the version of the structure to which pDriverInfo points. 
This value can be 2, 3, 4, or 6. 

pDriverInfo 
[in] Pointer to a structure containing printer driver information This depends on the value of Level. 

Value of Level and Printer driver structure 
2 DRIVER_INFO_2  
3 Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 or later: DRIVER_INFO_3  
4 Windows 2000/XP: DRIVER_INFO_4  
6 Windows Me, Windows 2000/XP: DRIVER_INFO_6  

If the pEnvironment member of the structure pointed to by pDriverInfo is NULL, the current environment of the caller/client (not of the destination/server) is used.

Return :

If the function succeeds, the return value is a nonzero value.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

OS Requirement :

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