FIX: Printer May Lose Font Attributes (168744)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q168744 SYMPTOMS
Printed documents have the wrong font or font size.
CAUSE
The exact cause of this problem is not known. The symptoms indicate that
the Printer object loses font attribute information, such as font name or size.
RESOLUTION
Several methods have alleviated the problem during testing. To work around
the problem, try one or more of the following:
- Do not use the line:
Printer.Font = ""
This normally clears font details.
- Instead of using:
Printer.font = <font name>
Use:
Dim F as New StdFont
F.Name = <font name>
F.Size = <size>
Set Printer.Font = F
For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
194323 PRB: Setting Printer.Font.Size with StdFont Gives Wrong Values
- Alternatively, you can use:
Dim x As Single
x = Printer.CurrentX
Printer.Print " "; 'initialize the printer object
Printer.CurrentX = x
Printer.FontName = "Arial"
Printer.FontSize = 10
- If the problem occurs when using the NewPage method, re-specify the font
information at the beginning of each page as in the following example:
Printer.Print "" 'Reset printer
Printer.Font = ""
Printer.FontName = "Arial"
Printer.FontSize = 10
Printer.Print "This is a test using " & Printer.Font
Printer.NewPage
Printer.FontName = "Arial"
Printer.Print "this is page two"
Printer.EndDoc
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:
194022 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:
194295
INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2
REFERENCES
Microsoft Visual Basic online Help and online Books.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 3/1/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbbug kbfix kbvbp500sp2fix kbVS97sp2fix KB168744 |
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