AddPrintProvidor

The AddPrintProvidor function installs a local printer provider and links the configuration, data, and provider files.

BOOL AddPrintProvidor(
  LPTSTR pName, // reserved, must be NULL 
  DWORD Level,  // provider information structure level
  LPBYTE pProvidorInfo 
                // pointer to provider information structure
);
 

Parameters

pName

Reserved; must be NULL.

Level

Specifies the level of the structure to which pProvidorInfo points. This value must be 1.

pProvidorInfo

Pointer to a PROVIDOR_INFO_1 structure.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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

Remarks

Before an application calls the AddPrintProvidor function, all files required by the provider must be copied to the SYSTEM32 directory.

A provider added by AddPrintProvidor may be removed by calling DeletePrintProvidor.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winspool.h.
  Import Library: Use winspool.lib.
  Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions on Windows NT.

See Also

Printing and Print Spooler Overview, Printing and Print Spooler Functions, DeletePrintProvidor, PROVIDOR_INFO_1