How to determine when Word has completed printing?

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WayneM - 10 Mar 2005 17:53 GMT

I am using VB6 to control Word to create and print a document. After
printing I am quitting Word, but itr seems Word is still printing. How can I
pause or wait until word is completed printing?

Thanks in advance,

WayneM

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Jay Freedman - 10 Mar 2005 18:59 GMT

> I am using VB6 to control Word to create and print a document. After
> printing I am quitting Word, but itr seems Word is still printing.
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> WayneM

The document object's PrintOut method takes a bunch of optional arguments.
The first one is a Boolean named Background. If you set it to False, the
PrintOut method won't return until Word has finished handing off to the
spooler. So try this in your VB6 code:

oWordDoc.PrintOut(False)
oWordDoc.Close(0) ' do not save
oWordDoc = Nothing
oWord.Quit
oWord = Nothing

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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WayneM - 11 Mar 2005 04:57 GMT

Jay,

Thanks for the suggestion, but I did try that. I thought aobut it and I
realized I did not accruately describe my problem. I am using a very old
printer that uses a serial port. I can print from Notepad out of this port,
manually, but I need to do this programatically. I am thinking the problem
is that the driver cannot return information back to Word. It is just a
simple ack/nak type of handshake, using the standard Window Generic Text
driver.

I suppose the only thing I can do is just insert some wait loops until the
printing is done. Is this the right tact or is there something else I can do?

Thanks in advance,

WayneM

> > I am using VB6 to control Word to create and print a document. After
> > printing I am quitting Word, but itr seems Word is still printing.
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> oWord.Quit
> oWord = Nothing

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