Recorded Macro Prints Sheet Instead of Embedded Chart (149060)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0c
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q149060 SYMPTOMS
In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above, if you use a macro to
print an embedded chart, the first sheet is printed rather than the entire
chart. If you use recorded code that activates an embedded chart on a
worksheet and then prints it, the sheet must be in the first position of
the workbook; otherwise, the information on the first sheet is printed.
CAUSE
Assume that there is a chart on Sheet2 with the name Chart 1, and Sheet2 is
not the first sheet in the workbook. The line that reads
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut
causes Microsoft Excel to print the first sheet in the workbook instead of
the activated chart. The recorded code will be:
Sub Macro1()
ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects("Chart 1").Select
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Activate
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1
ActiveWindow.Visible = False
End Sub
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To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.
Method 1: Replace ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut with
ActiveChart.PrintOut, as in the following example:
Sub Macro1()
ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects("Chart 2").Select
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 2").Activate
ActiveChart.PrintOut Copies:=1
ActiveWindow.Visible = False
End Sub
Place the sheet with the embedded chart in the first position
of the workbook.
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 Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0 and later.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/11/2006 |
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