Retrieving a list.

[Jay1b]

Hello

 

Having given up on :

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=88898

 

I have decided to abandon the idea of printing it correctly and just copying it to "LPT1:" via

File.Copy (strFileName, "LPT1:")

 

My question is how would i retrieve a list of ports?

 

I can get a list of printers by :

 

       ' Shutdown the painting of the ListBox as items are added.
       cmb_Printer.BeginUpdate()
       For i As Integer = 0 To PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters.Count - 1
           cmb_Printer.Items.Add((UCase(PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters.Item(i))))
       Next

       ' Allow the DropDownBox to repaint and display the new items.
       cmb_Printer.EndUpdate()

 

Thanks in advance.

[Jay1b]

Anybody???

[Mykre]

Have a look at WMI, remember to add the system.management.dll as a referance to your project.

 

With WMI You can get information on any part of the machine and what is running on it, and with the correct permissions you can do this on remote machines as well.

 

Anybody???