Finding Installed Printers with the Script Task

Applies to: SQL Server SSIS Integration Runtime in Azure Data Factory

The data that is transformed by Integration Services packages often has a printed report as its final destination. The System.Drawing.Printing namespace in the Microsoft .NET Framework provides classes for working with printers.

Note

If you want to create a task that you can more easily reuse across multiple packages, consider using the code in this Script task sample as the starting point for a custom task. For more information, see Developing a Custom Task.

Description

The following example locates printers installed on the server that support legal size paper (as used in the United States). The code to check supported paper sizes is encapsulated in a private function. To enable you to track the progress of the script as it checks the settings for each printer, the script uses the Log method to raise an informational message for printers with legal size paper, and to raise a warning for printers without legal size paper. These messages appear in the Output window of the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) IDE when you run the package in the designer.

To configure this Script Task example

1. Create the variable named PrinterList with type Object.

2. On the Script page of the Script Task Editor, add this variable to the ReadWriteVariables property.

3. In the script project, add a reference to the System.Drawing namespace.

4. In your code, use Imports statements to import the System.Collections and the System.Drawing.Printing namespaces.

Code

Public Sub Main()  
  
    Dim printerName As String  
    Dim currentPrinter As New PrinterSettings  
    Dim size As PaperSize  
  
    Dim printerList As New ArrayList  
    For Each printerName In PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters  
        currentPrinter.PrinterName = printerName  
        If PrinterHasLegalPaper(currentPrinter) Then  
            printerList.Add(printerName)  
            Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "Example", _  
                "Printer " & printerName & " has legal paper.", _  
                String.Empty, 0, False)  
        Else  
            Dts.Events.FireWarning(0, "Example", _  
                "Printer " & printerName & " DOES NOT have legal paper.", _  
                String.Empty, 0)  
        End If  
    Next  
  
    Dts.Variables("PrinterList").Value = printerList  
  
    Dts.TaskResult = ScriptResults.Success  
  
End Sub  
  
Private Function PrinterHasLegalPaper( _  
    ByVal thisPrinter As PrinterSettings) As Boolean  
  
    Dim size As PaperSize  
    Dim hasLegal As Boolean = False  
  
    For Each size In thisPrinter.PaperSizes  
        If size.Kind = PaperKind.Legal Then  
            hasLegal = True  
        End If  
    Next  
  
    Return hasLegal  
  
End Function  

public void Main()  
        {  
  
            PrinterSettings currentPrinter = new PrinterSettings();  
            PaperSize size;  
            Boolean Flag = false;  
  
            ArrayList printerList = new ArrayList();  
            foreach (string printerName in PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters)  
            {  
                currentPrinter.PrinterName = printerName;  
                if (PrinterHasLegalPaper(currentPrinter))  
                {  
                    printerList.Add(printerName);  
                    Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "Example", "Printer " + printerName + " has legal paper.", String.Empty, 0, ref Flag);  
                }  
                else  
                {  
                    Dts.Events.FireWarning(0, "Example", "Printer " + printerName + " DOES NOT have legal paper.", String.Empty, 0);  
                }  
            }  
  
            Dts.Variables["PrinterList"].Value = printerList;  
  
            Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;  
  
        }  
  
        private bool PrinterHasLegalPaper(PrinterSettings thisPrinter)  
        {  
  
            bool hasLegal = false;  
  
            foreach (PaperSize size in thisPrinter.PaperSizes)  
            {  
                if (size.Kind == PaperKind.Legal)  
                {  
                    hasLegal = true;  
                }  
            }  
  
            return hasLegal;  
  
        }  

See Also

Script Task Examples