FIX: Printer May Lose Font Attributes

 Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
Article ID: Q168744
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Printed documents have the wrong font or font size.

CAUSE

The exact cause of this problem is not known. The symptoms indicate that the Printer object loses font attribute information, such as font name or size.

RESOLUTION

Several methods have alleviated the problem during testing. To work around the problem, try one or more of the following:

  • Do not use the line: 

         Printer.Font = ""

    This normally clears font details.

  • Instead of using: 

          Printer.font = <font name>

    Use: 

          Dim F as New StdFont
      F.Name = <font name>
      F.Size = <size>
      Set Printer.Font = F
  • If the problem occurs when using the NewPage method, re-specify the font information at the beginning of each page as in the following example: 

          Printer.Print ""  'Reset printer
      Printer.Font = ""
      Printer.FontName = "Arial"
      Printer.FontSize = 10


          Printer.Print "This is a test using " & Printer.Font
      Printer.NewPage
      Printer.FontName = "Arial"
      Printer.Print "this is page two"
      Printer.EndDoc

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170365
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why
For a list of the Visual Basic 5.0 bugs that were fixed in the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171554
   TITLE     : INFO: Visual Basic 5.0 Fixes in Visual Studio 97
               Service Pack 2

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft has received reports that documents printed with a generic font, such as courier, instead of desired fonts.

This problem has been reported under the following circumstances, but has not been consistently reproduced:

  • Use of NewPage method.
  • Use of Printer.Font = "" 'used to reset font details.
  • Changes via code to page orientation or paper size.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Visual Basic online Help and online Books. 

Keywords          : vb5all VBKBPrinting VS97FixlistSP3 VS97FixlistSP2 VB5FixlistSP2
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
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