DOCUMENT:Q188271  24-JUN-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :HOWTO: Print Contents of the Web Browser Control From VB
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions,
   32-bit only, for Windows, version 5.0
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SUMMARY
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The Web Browser control (version 3.x or 4.x) does not offer a direct Print
method. This article demonstrates how to print the contents of the Web
Browser control from Visual Basic.

MORE INFORMATION
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Step-by-Step Example
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1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created
   by default.

2. Select Components from the Project menu. Add a reference to the
   "Microsoft Internet Controls."

3. Add the following controls to Form1:

      1 CommandButton
      1 Web Browser

4. Add the following code to Form1:
   
      Option Explicit
   
      Private Sub Command1_Click()
   
         ' print the contents of the Web Browser control.
         WebBrowser1.ExecWB _
         OLECMDID_PRINT, OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, 0, 0
   
      End Sub
   
      Private Sub Form_Load()
   
         ' set the caption of the command button.
         Command1.Caption = "&Print"
   
         ' position the print command button at the top-left.
         Command1.Move 0, 0
   
         ' position the Web Browser control below the command button.
          WebBrowser1.Move 0, 750
   
          ' navigate to a Web site for testing purposes.
          WebBrowser1.Navigate "http://www.microsoft.com"
   
      End Sub
   
      Private Sub Form_Resize()
   
         ' when the form is resized, the Web Browser control should
         ' remain the same size as the form.
         WebBrowser1.Width = Form1.Width
         WebBrowser1.Height = Form1.Height
   
      End Sub
   
5. Press the F5 key to run the project. When the test site has been
   downloaded and rendered in the Web Browser, click the "Print" command
   button, and the contents of the Web Browser will be printed.

   NOTE: Using version 3.x of the Web Browser control will result in a
   Print Dialog appearing when you attempt to print the content of the
   control. This is by design.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbdss kbVBp500 kbprinting kbVBp
kbWebBrowser
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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

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