If you look at the full information on that Win32 API call you will see that
the main page is pretty well fixed and other tabs are added based on what's
available for that printer in that printer driver. Different printers and
different drivers for the same printer might have different tabs with
different settings.

Nothing in any of this has anything to do with any INI files or registry
settings. You could change default printer in the registry but not change
the printer dialogs unless you write your own hardware printer driver, not a
trivial task.

Another factor is whether the application is using that method or a custom
method and dialog of its own or the Office printer dialog, which is a
wrapper on the Win32 API dialog. All in all, unless you want to write your
own code calling the Win32 API procedure there's nothing much you can do.
Even if you write your own code you'd still need somehow to integrate what
you're doing with any applications you want your code to work with.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
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"jim sturtz" wrote in message
...
ken,

i figured that there was some was the dialogue was being changed, but if
the
controls arent addressable via the registry or an .ini file then i suspect
i
cant do what i wish.

even if i wished to write my own print dialogue, i dont think that would
help me use/change the one in turbotax (or any other app as far as that
goes). i was hoping that the printer dialogue defaults were controlled
via
some default printer setup in winxp.

thanks.

jim