Microsoft KB Archive/172105

= FIX: NewPage Method Followed by EndDoc Method Prints Blank Page =

Article ID: 172105

Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q172105



SYMPTOMS
If a call is made to the EndDoc method of the Printer Object (or the application is closed) after having issued the NewPage method, a page is ejected from the printer regardless of whether any actual printing has taken place.

This is contrary to the behavior of Visual Basic 4.0, as well as the online Help in Visual Basic 5.0 for the EndDoc method, which states the following:

If EndDoc is invoked immediately after the NewPage method, no additional blank page is printed.



RESOLUTION
To work-around this problem, do not call the NewPage method until you know you are going to print something on the page.



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 Basic 6.0.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Create a new project. Add a CommandButton to Form1.  Add the following code to Form1: Private Sub Command1_Click Printer.Print "Page 1" Printer.NewPage Printer.EndDoc End Sub

 Press the F5 key to run the project. Click the button. Note that two pages are printed. The first page prints as expected, but it is followed by a blank page.</ol>

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