FIX: Printing userdrawn usercontrol in IE Doesn't Work

ID: Q171827

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Where the painting of control is done in the Paint Event of the control (User Drawn), ActiveX control does not print in IE 3.0x and other control containers.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

The following code can be used to duplicate the problem in Visual Basic 5.0:

1. Run Visual Basic or, if Visual Basic is already running, choose New

   Project from the File menu (ALT, F, N). Select create "ActiveX Control."

2. In the Controls paint event, add some code to draw a line. You could

   draw anything in the Paint event, but just draw a line for this sample.

3. Select "Make YourControl.ocx" from the file menu.

4. Create an HTML page and put YourControl on it.

5. Load your HTML page into IE 3.0x.

6. Select File.Print from the IE menu. Note that the control does not

   print.

Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVS97sp2fix kbvbp500sp2fix 
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: June 7, 1999