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venukus@gmail.com - 12 May 2005 15:28 GMT

Hi all,

I am writing a COM Add-in for Word 2000.

I assume the code below should disable printing,

Private Sub App_DocumentBeforePrint(ByVal Doc As Word.Document, ByRef
Cancel As Boolean) Handles App.DocumentBeforePrint
MsgBox("Printing is disabled")
Cancel = True
End Sub

But I can see the message saying "Printing is disabled" but the print
command carries on and the document is printed. I have seen most of the
earlier postings but no one seem to have such a problem.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in Advance,
Venu Gopal

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Word Heretic - 01 Jun 2005 08:21 GMT

G'day venukus@gmail.com,

Your routine runs BEFORE the print, it does not DO the print.

Sub FilePrint()
MsgBox "Printing has been disabled."
End Sub

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venukus@gmail.com reckoned:

>Hi all,
>
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>Thanks in Advance,
>Venu Gopal

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Doug Robbins - 04 Jun 2005 06:10 GMT

In Addition to Steve's response, you will also need a macro
FilePrintDefault() to trap the user's use of the print button on the
toolbar. You may also want to have one FilePrintPreview() as well.

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> Hi all,
>
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> Thanks in Advance,
> Venu Gopal

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