If you are on XP or higher, there is a command line tool that lets you work with printers. Sesame can invoke this tool and receive the output. On my system, this SBasic...

var vPrinters as String
var vPrinterList as String

	// Run the OS command to list printers
	// Redirect the output to a string variable
	vPrinters = @RedirectProcess("cscript C:\WINDOWS\system32\prnmngr.vbs -l", "")

	// Replace end of lines with semicolons
	vPrinters = @Replace(vPrinters, @Chr(13), ";")
	vPrinters = @Replace(vPrinters, @Chr(10), "")

	// Parse out the lines with a printer name
	vPrinterList = @SearchStringArray(vPrinters, "Printer name..")

	// Get rid of the "Printer name" part leaving only the name itself
	vPrinterList = @Replace(vPrinterList, "Printer name ", "")

	// Use the resulting list
	WriteLn(vPrinterList) 

..produces this output

QuickBooks PDF Converter;PDF995;Microsoft Office Document Image Writer;LJ2100;Auto HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 on FRIAR;Auto HP LaserJet 2100 on TRAINING5;Auto HP LaserJet 2100 on TRAINING3



For reference, the partial raw output from the command line tool looks like this...
C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript prnmngr.vbs -l
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.


Server name
Printer name QuickBooks PDF Converter
Share name
Driver name Amyuni Document Converter 2.50
Port name LPT1:
Comment
Location
Print processor WinPrint
Data type RAW
Parameters
Attributes 66
Priority 1
Default priority 0
Status Unknown
Average pages per minute 0

Server name
Printer name PDF995
Share name
Driver name PDF995 Printer Driver
Port name PDF995PORT
Comment
Location
Print processor WinPrint
Data type RAW
Parameters
Attributes 4161
Priority 1
Default priority 0
Status Unknown
Average pages per minute 0

Server name
Printer name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Share name
Driver name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver
Port name Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Comment
Location
Print processor ModiPrint
Data type RAW
Parameters
Attributes 64
Priority 1
Default priority 0
Status Unknown
Average pages per minute 0

Server name
Printer name LJ2100
Share name
Driver name HP LaserJet 2100
Port name \\PC3\LJ2100
Comment
Location
Print processor WinPrint
Data type RAW
Parameters
Attributes 68
Priority 1
Default priority 0
Status Unknown
Average pages per minute 0

You can look up this tool for additional options and switches.

Erika, the code you have given works great with Windows XP. Recently I intstalled Sesame 2.1 on Windows Vista 64 machine. Everything worked flawlessly, however code that you have so kindly given to get the printers list failed. I looked further to find out that prnmngr.vbs did not exist in C:\Windows\System32 subdirectory. But I found that file in C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\   subdirectory.

I copied the file to C:\Windows\System32. It still did not get the printer list. I pointed the file to be in C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\, still no luck with the printer list.

What am I doing wrong. I believe it should work with Vista 64 bit. Everything else works great.  Thanks for your help.

Thanks for giving proper direction. Come to find out that cscript.exe file is in C:\Windows\sysWOW64\  directory.  If I go to c:\windows\syswow64\ directory and place the following command the expected output is generated.

cscript c:\windows\system32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs -l

My question is, can I copy and paste cscript.exe and prnmngr.vbs files in c:\windows\system32\ directory so as to  the original command to work?

Thanks for your help. Now I know this will work even in Windows Vista 64 bit system, but I am exploring it to work without changing anything in my code.

Bharat

Thanks Mark. Everything in Sesame 2.1 works well in Vista 64 bit system.

That would be real nice. We do upgrade the application files with major update and upgrade of the programs anyway (such as going from version 1.xx to 2.xx).  Looking forward to that leap into 64 bit application. What improvement would it have in terms of speed and other tangibles? Thanks.