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Q253555: FIX:"Report Width Is Larger Than the Paper Width" on Data Report

Article: Q253555
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDatabase kbDataBinding kbReportWriter kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVBDB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fi
Last Modified: 20-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you attempt to export a report from the Microsoft DataReport designer, you
receive the following error message:

  Report width is larger than the paper width.

This error usually occurs when the report you are trying to export is laid out
for Landscape orientation printing.

CAUSE
=====

The DataReport designer expects a page size of 8.5 x 11 inches laid out in a
Portrait orientation. Exporting the report to a text file or an HTML file in
Landscape orientation does not work properly because of this limitation.

RESOLUTION
==========

There is currently no workaround for this problem in releases prior to Visual
Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4.

This behavior no longer occurs with the version of the DataReport that ships with
the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.


STATUS
======

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)

Additional query words: sp4 pageset.dll

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Keywords          : kbDatabase kbDataBinding kbReportWriter kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVBDB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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