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Q271612: FIX: Error "Can’t Print Form Image" on Windows 98 with VB6 SP4

Article: Q271612
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0 SP4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp600bug kbVBp600fix kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 31-MAR-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 SP4, used with:
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you attempt to print a form as a graphical image from Visual Basic in the
Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4) integrated development
environment (IDE) on Windows 98, you may receive the following error message:

  Can't print form image to this type of printer.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, install the latest Visual Studio 6.0 service pack. You
can download Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 5 from the following Microsoft Web
site:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/vs6sp5/default.asp

WORKAROUND
----------

There are two potential workarounds for this problem, both of which print the
form as it appears at run time.

- Use another application, such as Paint, to print the graphical image of the
  form:

  1. Run your project and show the form that you want to print.

  2. Press the ALT+PRINT SCREEN key combination.

  3. Start Paint.

  4. Paste the captured image into Paint.

  5. Print the image from Paint.

- Use the PrintForm method at run time:

  1. In the form that you want to print, add the following code:

        Private Sub Form_Click()
           Me.PrintForm
        End Sub

  2. Run your project and show the form.

  3. Click the form to print it.

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 Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 5. 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
================

This problem only occurs with Visual Basic in Visual Studio 6.0 SP4 on Windows
98.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic in Visual Studio 6.0 SP4 on
  Windows 98.

2. On the File menu, select Print.

3. In the Print What frame, clear the Code check box, and then select the Form
  Image check box.

4. Click OK. You receive the above-mentioned error message.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVBp600bug kbVBp600fix kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :6.0 SP4
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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