DOCUMENT:Q168744  03-SEP-1997  [vbwin]
TITLE   :FIX: Printer May Lose Font Attributes
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all VBKBPrinting VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and
   Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Printed documents have the wrong font or font size.

CAUSE
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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
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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 StdFont
      F.Name = <font name>
      F.Size = <size>
      Set Printer.Font = F

 - 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
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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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft has received reports that documents printed with a generic font,
such as courier, instead of desired fonts.

This problem has been reported under the following circumstances, but has
not been consistently reproduced:

 - Use of NewPage method.

 - Use of Printer.Font = ""   'used to reset font details.

 - Changes via code to page orientation or paper size.

REFERENCES
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Microsoft Visual Basic online Help and online Books.
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Keywords          : vb5all VBKBPrinting VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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