ACC2000: How to Print a Report to Different Paper Trays

• Microsoft Access 2000

SUMMARY

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

This article shows you how to create a sample user-defined Visual Basic for Applications procedure that uses the PrtDevMode property to set different paper tray sources for the pages of a report.

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• Set only those members that the printer driver supports. For example, if you set a custom page size for a driver that does not support a custom page size, you may encounter unexpected results.



• Set the PrtDevMode property's Fields member if you change any other member to let the printer driver know which members you are changing.



• Change only the first 68 bytes of the PrtDevMode property. Printer drivers are able to store driver-specific information after the first 68 bytes; therefore, it is important not to overwrite this information.

Steps for Printing Pages of Report from Different Paper Trays

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.



2. Create a new module and type the following information in the Declarations section of the module:




Type zwtDevModeStr
   RGB As String * 94
End Type

Type zwtDeviceMode
   dmDeviceName As String * 16
   dmSpecVersion As Integer
   dmDriverVersion As Integer
   dmSize As Integer
   dmDriverExtra As Integer
   dmFields As Long
   dmOrientation As Integer
   dmPaperSize As Integer
   dmPaperlength As Integer
   dmPaperWidth As Integer
   dmScale As Integer
   dmCopies As Integer
   dmDefaultSource As Integer
   dmPrintQuality As Integer
   dmColor As Integer
   dmDuplex As Integer
   dmResolution As Integer
   dmTTOption As Integer
   dmCollate As Integer
   dmFormName As String * 16
   dmPad As Long
   dmBits As Long
   dmPW As Long
   dmDFI As Long
   dmDRr As Long
End Type
 

3. Type the following procedure:




Sub setPaperSource(rptName As String)
   Dim Rpt As Report
   Dim dm As zwtDeviceMode
   Dim DevString As zwtDevModeStr
   Dim DevModeExtra As String
   
   DoCmd.SetWarnings False
   ' Set Paper Tray for page 1
   DoCmd.OpenReport rptName, acDesign
   Set Rpt = Reports(rptName)
   DevModeExtra = Rpt.PrtDevMode
   DevString.RGB = DevModeExtra
   LSet dm = DevString
   dm.dmDefaultSource = 2  '1 = Upper Tray, 2 = Lower Tray, 5 = _
      Envelope Feeder
   LSet DevString = dm
   Mid$(DevModeExtra, 1, 68) = DevString.RGB
   Rpt.PrtDevMode = DevModeExtra
   DoCmd.Save acReport, Rpt.Name
   DoCmd.SelectObject A_REPORT, Rpt.Name, True
   DoCmd.PrintOut A_PAGES, 1, 1
   
   ' Set Paper Tray for page 2
   DoCmd.OpenReport rptName, acDesign
   Set Rpt = Reports(rptName)
   DevModeExtra = Rpt.PrtDevMode
   DevString.RGB = DevModeExtra
   LSet dm = DevString
   dm.dmDefaultSource = 1  '1 = Upper Tray, 2 = Lower Tray, 5 = _
      Envelope Feeder
   LSet DevString = dm
   Mid$(DevModeExtra, 1, 68) = DevString.RGB
   Rpt.PrtDevMode = DevModeExtra
   DoCmd.Save A_REPORT, Rpt.Name
   DoCmd.SelectObject A_REPORT, Rpt.Name, True
   DoCmd.PrintOut A_PAGES, 2, 2
   DoCmd.Close     ' Closes the report
   DoCmd.SetWarnings True
End Sub
 

4. To test this procedure, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:

   
   setPaperSource("Invoice") 

   Note that the first two pages of the Invoice report print. The first page prints from the lower tray and the second page prints from the upper tray.

REFERENCES

For more information about the PrtDevMode property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "PrtDevMode property" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.


For more information about the PrtDevNames property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "PrtDevNames property" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: printing

Keywords          : kbprint kbdta AccCon RptOthr RptProp KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999