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 Programatically installing printer driver


My application uses a custom print dirver. Is it possible to silently install a print driver in Windows 3. or Windows 95 without user intervention?   

    The following example silently installs a print driver. You will need to copy the print driver files to the Windows\System directory and add the following entries to the Win.Ini file.

    Notes:
    In the follwong example:
       DriverName = Name of the driver;
       DRVFILE - Filename of the driver minus the extension
                 (unless it is not ".drv").
    Example:
    procedure TForm .Button Click(Sender: TObject);
    var
      s : array[0..64] of char;
    begin
      WriteProfileString('PrinterPorts',
                         'DriverName',
                         'DRVFILE,FILE:, 5,45');
      WriteProfileString('Devices',
                         'DriverName',
                         'DRVFILE,FILE:');
      StrCopy(S, 'PrinterPorts');
      SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0, LongInt(@S));
      StrCopy(S, 'Devices');
      SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0, LongInt(@S));
    end;
    

     



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