BUG: Graph Control Does Not Print When DrawMode Is Set to 5

Last reviewed: June 2, 1997
Article ID: Q150222

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional and Enterprise editions for Windows, version 5.0
Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If the DrawMode property of the Graph control is set to 5 when an application is running on Windows 95, nothing is printed. Under Windows NT, printing is not reliable either.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this issue and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Use the PaintPicture method to print out the graph. The following code enables the graph to print out consistently:

   Printer.PaintPicture Graph1.Picture, Printer.Width / 4, _
    Printer.Height / 4, Printer.Width / 2, Printer.Height / 2
   Printer.EndDoc

With the code above, the upper left-hand corner of the graph is positioned a quarter of the width of the paper across and down from the upper-left hand corner of the paper. The graph is made half as high and half as tall as the paper.

For additional options, please see the online Help for the PaintPicture method.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
Place a Graph control on Form1.
Place a Command button on Form1, and in the Click event for the Command button, place the following code:
```
      Private Sub Command1_Click()
         Graph1.DrawMode = 5
      End Sub
```

Run the program by pressing the F5 key and press the Command button to print out the graph. The graph on the screen changes shading temporarily, but there is no print-out.

Keywords : APrgGrap PrgCtrlsCus vb432 vb4win vb5all
Version : 4.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: June 2, 1997
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