WD97: Documents Will Not Print Until Macro Ends (192068)

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SYMPTOMS

When you use a Visual Basic for Applications macro to print a document, the document will not start printing until the macro ends.

Background printing is turned on. The default value for the Background printing method is True.

You must set the Background printing option to False in your code. To do this, use the following macro:

   Sub PrintDoc()
      ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=False
   End Sub

The following macro will give the command to print; however, the document will not actually print until you click OK in the message box.

   Sub PrintDoc()
      ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=True
      Msgbox "Test"
   End Sub

The following macro will print the document before you click OK:

   Sub PrintDoc()
      ActiveDocument.PrintOut Background:=False
      Msgbox "Test"
   End Sub

NOTE: If you do not specify a Background argument, it automatically assumes a True value.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	11/14/2000
Keywords:	kbprb KB192068