XL98: Cannot Use Page Setup Property If No Printers Installed

ID: Q182243

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, if you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that attempts to set or get the page setup properties for any sheet in a workbook, you may receive either of the following error messages

   Run-time error '1004':
   Unable to set the <x> property of the PageSetup class

   -or-

   Run-time error '1004':
   Unable to get the <x> property of the PageSetup class

where <x> is any of the following words:

   BlackAndWhite        Order
   BottomMargin         Orientation
   CenterFooter         PaperSize
   CenterHeader         PrintArea
   CenterHorizontally   PrintComments
   CenterVertically     PrintGridlines
   ChartSize            PrintHeadings
   Draft                PrintNotes
   FirstPageNumber      PrintTitleColumns
   FitToPagesTall       PrintTitleRows
   FitToPagesWide       RightFooter
   FooterMargin         RightHeader
   HeaderMargin         RightMargin
   LeftFooter           TopMargin
   LeftHeader           Zoom
   LeftMargin

CAUSE

This problem occurs when there are no printer drivers installed on your computer. Microsoft Excel cannot set or get page setup properties if no printer drivers are installed.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this problem from occurring, install a printer driver on your computer.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Excel, page setup properties are only useful when you print or print preview one or more sheets in a workbook. Because of this, you cannot change or return most page setup properties unless at least one printer driver is installed as the default printer.

If you click Page Setup on the File menu when no printer drivers are installed, you receive the following error message:

   Your file could not be printed due to an error on unknown printer (check
   Chooser). There are several possible reasons:

Just as you cannot access the Page Setup dialog box in this case, you cannot access the properties in the dialog box programmatically.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta xlvbahowto xlvbainfo OffVBA xlprint 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1999