PPT7: Printing Programmatically Generates Error

ID: Q168896

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you print programmatically with the Microsoft PowerPoint 95 object model, you may receive the following error message:

   Run-Time error '438':
   Object doesn't support this property or method

This problem occurs if the print command is issued directly from the PrintOptions class. For example:

   ppt.ActivePresentation.PrintOptions.Print

This problem does not occur in Microsoft PowerPoint 97.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem place the print command inside of a With statement.

NOTE: The following code sample does not include any error trapping and assumes the following conditions are true:

Microsoft PowerPoint 95 is running.
The presentation you want to print is open.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub WithPrint()

      Dim ppt As PowerPoint.Application

      ' Get an object reference to PowerPoint.
      Set ppt = GetObject(, "PowerPoint.Application.7")

      ' Print the active presentation.
      With ppt.ActivePresentation.PrintOptions
        .Print
      End With

   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 97.

Additional query words: 7.00 ppt95 ppt7 ppt7.0 programming macro VBA VBE

Keywords          : kbcode kbprg kbprint kbdta kbdtacode 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999