WD2000: Documents Will Not Print Until Macro Ends

ID: Q192072

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When you use a Visual Basic for Applications macro that prints a document, the document will not start printing until the macro ends.

Background printing is turned on. The default value for the Background printing method is True.

You must set the Background printing option to False in your code. To do this, use the following macro:


Sub PrintDoc()
ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=False
End Sub

The following macro will give the command to print; however, the document will not actually print until you click OK in the message box.


   Sub PrintDoc()
      ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=True
      Msgbox "Test"
   End Sub

The following macro will print the document before you click:


   Sub PrintDoc()
      ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=False
      Msgbox "Test"
   End Sub

NOTE: If you do not specify a Background argument, it automatically assumes a True value.

Additional query words: kbimu


Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 15, 1999