FIX: Printform Does Not Pay Attention to Changes in the Printer.orientation Property (260100)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q260100

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 that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are 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 following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

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

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/12/2005
Keywords:kbBug kbFAQ kbfix kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix KB260100 kbAudDeveloper
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