Microsoft KB Archive/260100

= FIX: Printform Does Not Pay Attention to Changes in the Printer.orientation Property =

Article ID: 260100

Article Last Modified on 8/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q260100



SYMPTOMS
When you set the print function in Visual Basic, if the current printer setting has print orientation set to portrait and you use the code printer.orientation = vbPRORLandscape me.printform to change the desired orientation to landscape, the form still prints in portrait orientation.



RESOLUTION
Install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/Aa718353.aspx



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Create a Visual Basic 6.0 form and insert the code described in the Symptoms section of this article.

