WD97: Recorded Macro to Print Merge to Printer Requires SendKeys

ID: Q74913

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SUMMARY

In order to use a macro to send a merged document directly to the printer, the macro must include the SendKeys macro command. Without the SendKeys macro command, the Print dialog box remains on the screen.


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Add a SendKeys statement to send the {enter} key to the Print dialog box. The SendKeys statement should precede the MailMerge statements, as in the following Visual Basic for Applications example: 


Sub MergeAndPrint()
   Dim MyMerge As MailMerge
   Set myMerge = ActiveDocument.MailMerge
   If myMerge.State = wdMainAndDataSource Then
      SendKeys "{enter}"
      With ActiveDocument.MailMerge
         .Destination = wdSendToPrinter
         .Execute
      End With
   End If
End Sub


If you don't need to send the document directly to the printer, you can merge it to a new document and then print it. The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro merges to a new document and prints the document: 


Sub MergeToDocAndPrint()
   Dim MyMerge As MailMerge
   Set myMerge = ActiveDocument.MailMerge
   If myMerge.State = wdMainAndDataSource Then
      ' Merge to document.
      With ActiveDocument.MailMerge
         .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
         .Execute
      End With
      ' Print the merged document.
      ActiveDocument.PrintOut
   End If
End Sub


For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Keywords          : kbprint kbdta kbdtacode WordCon kbmacroexample kbmerge 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999