Microsoft KB Archive/149060

= Recorded Macro Prints Sheet Instead of Embedded Chart =

Article ID: 149060

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q149060



SYMPTOMS
In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above, if you use a macro to print an embedded chart, the first sheet is printed rather than the entire chart. If you use recorded code that activates an embedded chart on a worksheet and then prints it, the sheet must be in the first position of the workbook; otherwise, the information on the first sheet is printed.



CAUSE
Assume that there is a chart on Sheet2 with the name Chart 1, and Sheet2 is not the first sheet in the workbook. The line that reads ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut causes Microsoft Excel to print the first sheet in the workbook instead of the activated chart. The recorded code will be: Sub Macro1 ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects("Chart 1").Select ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Activate ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1 ActiveWindow.Visible = False End Sub



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1:

Replace ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut with ActiveChart.PrintOut, as in the following example:

Sub Macro1 ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects("Chart 2").Select ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 2").Activate ActiveChart.PrintOut Copies:=1 ActiveWindow.Visible = False End Sub

Method 2.

Place the sheet with the embedded chart in the first position of the workbook.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0 and later.

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c XL5

Keywords: kbbug kbcode kbfix kbprogramming KB149060

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