Reading the printer name from the 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.
I understood from the web that I need to put PrintService class which downloaded from the web as part of jnlp.jar
How should I set this if this is the correct one?
Early response would be highly appreciated
Thanks a lot for your time and help
Narain.

Answer 1

Narain,
I could swear I answered this on teh Jdeveloper forum ;-)
The prin service is part pf Java 1.4, which means that it is not available in JInitiator today. Use the Java Plugin 1.4 and the required classes are present. JNLP stands for Java Network Launching Protocoll and has nothing to do with what you want to achieve.
In addition, to read the printer names from Forms your jar file has to be signed.
Frank