BUG: PictureBox Loses Graphics Printing from Win95 w/ 16-Bit

Last reviewed: June 24, 1997
Article ID: Q153022

The information in this article applies to:

Professional and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, 16-bit only, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Graphics drawn on a picture box with the graphics methods will not appear when the form containing that picture box is printed using the PrintForm method. This problem only occurs when running the 16-bit version of Visual Basic 4.0 on the Windows 95 operating system. It does not occur with the 32- bit version on any operating system, or with the 16-bit version on Windows NT (3.51) or any of the 16-bit Windows operating systems. Bitmaps and/or icons print correctly. The AutoRedraw property has no effect on this problem.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the procedures detailed in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141933
   TITLE     : How to Capture & Print the Screen, a Form, or any Window
               in VB

These methods will print the form and the contents of the picture box control correctly.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce

Start Visual Basic 4.0, 16-bit edition on Windows 95. Form1 is created by default.

Add a single PictureBox control and a two CommandButtons to the form.

Add this code to Form1:

      Private Sub Command1_Click()
         Picture1.Line (10, 10)-(500, 500)
         Picture1.Line (10, 500)-(500, 10)
      End Sub

      Private Sub Command2_Click()
         Form1.PrintForm
      End Sub

Press the F5 key or select Start from the Run menu to run the application. Click Command1 to add the graphics to the picture box, click Command2 to print the form. After printing is complete, notice that the picture box on the printed page is empty.

Keywords : APrgPrint vb416 vb4win
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: June 24, 1997
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