BUG: CreateDC Fails in Windows NT-Based Service Application

Last reviewed: October 3, 1995
Article ID: Q137631

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

A CreateDC call fails in a Windows NT-based service application when printing to a network printer in Windows NT by clicking Printer and then Connect To on the Printer Manage menu.

WORKAROUND

Create a local printer using the same printer model as the network printer and redirect the printer port to the network printer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: service printing
KBCategory: kbprg kbprint kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: GdiPrn

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Last reviewed: October 3, 1995
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