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PrintUIEntryW (printui)
 
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Summary
PrintUIEntryW is the main entrypoint to the printer configuration functions in the PrintUI.dll.

Advantages of using the function directly in your program instead of calling rundll32.exe are meanful error codes and no external process needs to be called resulting in more control.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("printui.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private static extern void PrintUIEntryW(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hinst, string lpszCmdLine, int nCmdShow);

Sample Code:

Get available commands in dialup box

PrintUIEntry(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, @"/?", 0);

Add per machine printer connection (the connection will be propagated to the user upon logon):

PrintUIEntry(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, @"/c \\machine /ga /n\\server\queue", 0);

Delete per machine printer connection (the connection will be deleted upon user logon):

PrintUIEntry(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, @"/c \\machine /gd /n\\server\queue", 0);

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