print without choosing printer

[Sarah Reichelt]

> My app relies on pseudo-threading schemes, and thus, doing anything 
> that
> makes the engine stop and wait will not work for this app as it must
> continue to process many ongoing events.
>
> I can't print (on XP) without the printer being chosen via the printer
> dialog (either using answer printer or utilizing revShowPrintDialog).  
> The
> problem is that while the XP printer dialog box is up, the engine is
> froze...waiting for that dialog box to be dismissed...and thus all my
> ongoing realtime processing comes to a halt.
>
> I have written an external to get the device name for the default 
> printer,
> which is what (I'm thinking) answer printer is essentially doing.

Could you do "answer printer" when the app first starts, before it's 
threading gets going?

It doesn't solve the problem, but might be a viable workaround.

Sarah