Accessing Printer name from Registry

Question

Hi,
I am trying to use the following program to get the Printer name from my Registry.. this program has been taken from Forums.
package yourpackage;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
import java.awt.print.Printable;
import java.awt.print.PrinterException;
import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;
import oracle.forms.ui.VBean;
import oracle.forms.properties.ID;
public class printDialog extends VBean
private static final ID PRINTER = ID.registerProperty("PRINTER");
public printDialog()
class PrintObject implements Printable
public int print (Graphics g, PageFormat f, int pageIndex)
return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
public Object getProperty(ID id)
if (id == PRINTER) {
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
job.setPrintable(new PrintObject());
if (job.printDialog())
return job.getPrintService().getName();
} else {
return null;
} else {
return null;}
This program when compiled gives me the error as
Error(32,12): method getPrintService() not found in class java.awt.print.PrinterJob
I did set the project settings from Project-Project Settings and included Oracle Forms Libraries. But I still continue to get the error.
What is the relevant class that I have to add and also how will I add it as I am a bit new to JDev.
Early response would be highly appreciated
Thanks a lot for your time and help
Narain.

Answer 1

Narain,
the code is from Oracle Forms and wont run in any other context. The code used within this sampel is teh Java printing services API available in Java 1.4.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jps/spec/JPSTOC.fm.html
Frank