DOCUMENT:Q260100 20-AUG-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :FIX: Printform Ignores Changes in Printer.orientation PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0,6.0 sp1, sp2, sp3 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbVBp600 kbVBp600bug kbVS kbVS600 kbVS600bug kbFAQ MSGRAPH kbVBp600FAQ kbVS600sp4fix kb ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you set the print function in Visual Basic, if the current printer setting has print orientation set to portrait and you use the code printer.orientation = vbPRORLandscape me.printform to change the desired orientation to landscape, the form still prints in portrait orientation. RESOLUTION ========== Install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0. For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed You can download the latest Visual Studio service pack from the following Microsoft Web site: Visual Studio Product Updates (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp) MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- Create a Visual Basic 6.0 form and insert the code described in the Symptoms section of this article. REFERENCES ========== (c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Chris Wojahn, Microsoft Corporation Additional query words: VSSP4, print form ====================================================================== Keywords : kbVBp600 kbVBp600bug kbVS kbVS600 kbVS600bug kbFAQ MSGRAPH kbVBp600FAQ kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600 Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0 sp1, sp2, sp3 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.