ACC97: How to Set Number of Copies to Print for Report with PrintOut Method

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SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

At times, you may want to set the number of copies that print for a report without opening the Printer dialog box. You can do so by using the PrintOut method or action. This article shows you how to use the PrintOut method in a module to set the number of times a report prints.


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You can use the PrintOut action or method to print the active object in the open database. You can print datasheets, reports, forms, and modules. The following steps allow you to open the Catalog report in the Northwind.mdb database and print a specified number of copies of the report.
  1. In Microsoft Access, open the sample database Northwind.mdb.


  2. Create a new form in Design view and add a command button to the form.


  3. Set the OnClick property of the command button to the following event procedure: 


    4. 
     Private Sub Command0_Click()

       DoCmd.Echo False
       ' Open the report in Preview mode.
       DoCmd.OpenReport "Catalog", acViewPreview
       ' Print two copies of page 1 of report.
       DoCmd.PrintOut acPages, 1, 1, 2
       DoCmd.Close       ' Close the report.
       DoCmd.Echo True

     End Sub
  4. To test this procedure, open the form in Form view and click the command button.

    Note that the report is printed twice and the form is then closed.



REFERENCES

For more information about using the PrintOut method, search the Help Index for "PrintOut Method," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.

Additional query words: duplicate printing more than once 


Keywords          : kbprint OffVBA PtrOpt PgmPrt 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999