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Q249607: FIX: UserControl in Excel Does Not Print or Print Preview

Article: Q249607
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:2000,6.0,97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCtrl kbExcel kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVBDB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Excel 2000 
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to Print or Print Preview an Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft
Excel 2000 workbook containing a UserControl that was created in Visual Basic
6.0, the UserControl does not print or display in the Print Preview window.

The problem does not occur when using the UserControl in other Microsoft Office
applications. The problem does not occur with a UserControl created in Visual
Basic version 5.0.


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 was corrected in the latest service pack for
Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the article
numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

  Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

You can download the latest Visual Studio service pack from the following
Microsoft Web site:

  Visual Studio Product Updates
  (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp)

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. In Visual Basic, create a new ActiveX Control project. Project1 is created by
  default. UserControl1 is added by default.

2. Change Project1's Name property to prjTestExcel. Change UserControl1's Name
  property to ctlTestExcel.

3. Add a Label control to UserControl1. Label1 is created by default. You do not
  need to modify Label1's default properties any further.

4. Save the UserControl as ctlTestExcel.ctl. Save the Project as
  prjTestExcel.vbp.

5. Compile the Project to prjTestExcel.ocx. Exit from Visual Basic.

6. Start Microsoft Excel version 97 or 2000. Book1 is opened by default.

7. From the View menu in Excel, click to select Toolbars. From the list of
  available Toolbars, click to select Control Toolbox.

8. At the bottom of the Control Toolbox, click the More Controls icon. From the
  list of More Controls, select prjTestExcel.ctlTestExcel. Drag in Book1 to
  draw an instance of the UserControl in the workbook.

  NOTE: If the UserControl is not in the list of More Controls, do the
  following:

  a. Select Register Custom Control from the list of More Controls.

  b. Navigate to the OCX file in the Register Customer Control dialog box.

9. Once the UserControl has been placed and sized on the form, select to either
  Print or Print Preview the workbook. Note that the UserControl does not
  appear on a printout and the UserControl does not appear in the Print Preview
  window.

(c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by John Hamrick, Microsoft Corporation


Additional query words: sp4

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Keywords          : kbCtrl kbExcel kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVBDB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbExcelSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbExcel2000 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600 kbExcel2000Search kbExcel97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbExcelWinSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:2000,6.0,97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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