XL2002: Excel Stops Responding When Printing If You Cancel WorkbookBeforePrint Application Event (306446)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2002
This article was previously published under Q306446
For a Microsoft Excel 2000 version of this article, see 284864.

SYMPTOMS

When you print or print preview your workbook, you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
When you click OK, Excel quits.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you create procedures for either of the following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications events, and set the Cancel argument to True:
  • The WorkbookBeforePrint event of the Application object

    -or-
  • The BeforePrint event of the Workbook object

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

You can use a Workbook object or Application object to run the BeforePrint or WorkbookBeforePrint event procedure whenever you print or print preview your workbook. However, when you attempt to change the Cancel argument to True for either of these events, you receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

Example of Problem

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Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel as Boolean)
   Static Ctr
   Ctr = Ctr + 1
   If Ctr >2 then Cancel=True Else:Cancel=False
   MsgBox Ctr
End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about workbook and worksheet application events, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

291294 XL2002: Summary of Workbook and Worksheet Application Events

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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