KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q166818: PPT: Unable to Change the ActivePrinter Property With VBA

Article: Q166818
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode kberrmsg kbProgramming kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573
Last Modified: 28-MAY-2002

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition 
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

When you try to change the ActivePrinter property using Microsoft Visual Basic
for Applications code, you receive the following error message:

  Run-Time error '450'
  Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment

If you click Debug, the Visual Basic Editor highlights the line with which you
are trying to assign a new printer.

CAUSE
=====

The ActivePrinter property is read-only in the PowerPoint object library and
cannot be changed programmatically.


Additional query words: OFF97 ppt97 8.0 8.00 ppt8 VBA VBE macppt programmatically

======================================================================
Keywords          : kbcode kberrmsg kbProgramming kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbPowerPt97 kbPowerPt97Search kbPowerPt98Search kbPowerPt98 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

=============================================================================

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.