DOCUMENT:Q174652 03-OCT-1997 [vbwin] TITLE :BUG: PrintForm Method Does Not Print Entire Form PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS:VBKBPrinting ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== Executing a PrintForm method to print a maximized form results in only a portion of the form being printed. This bug may also occur when you click Print on the File menu to print a Form Image. CAUSE ===== The PrintForm method prints an image of the Form window in its normal state. Those controls that are not visible on the Form when the Form's window state is normal will not print. RESOLUTION ========== Workaround #1 ------------- To workaround this bug, resize the form so that all controls on the form display, and then execute the PrintForm method. Workaround #2 ------------- You can also workaround this problem by capturing the on-screen image of the form and then printing that image. For more information, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: ID: Q161299 TITLE: HOWTO: Capture and Print the Screen, a Form, or any Window STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default. 2. Maximize Form1 and place a command button on the lower-right corner of the form. 3. Copy the following code to the Code window of Form1: Option Explicit Private Sub Command1_Click() Me.PrintForm End Sub 4. Press F5 to run the program. Maximize the form with the maximize button and then click the command button. Only part of the form is printed. (c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Arsenio Locsin, Microsoft Corporation Additional query words: printer printing truncate ====================================================================== Keywords : VBKBPrinting Version : WINDOWS:5.0 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.