Print an OLE object

[1DMF]

How can I print an OLE object document?

I have tried ('Office' is an unbound OLE frame)

Set oDoc = Me.Office.Object.Application
oDoc.PrintOut Background:=False

That just errors with

This method or property is not available because this document is being edited in another application

So I tried it when the document isn't 'activated' but that errors with

Automation Error : The object invoked has disconnected from it's clients.

This KB :

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/210030

Shows what I'm already doing other than the verb being Open and I'm using Show.

Why can't I print the word document from the OLE object?


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Well it seems it is impossible to print an active document that is open via OLE.

I've got it working by having to close it (deactivate) , then change the verb to open so the the document opens externally in word, reactivate it and print then quit the document.

    Me.Office.Verb = acOLEVerbOpen
    Me.Office.Action = acOLEActivate
    Me.Office.Object.Application.PrintOut Background:=False
    Me.Office.Object.Application.Quit

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I gave up with OLE as it's too nasty to get an elegant solution working, so I replaced the code with a shell command

Public Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

    Dim lngHWnd As Long
    Dim lngReturn As Long
    lngReturn = ShellExecute(lngHWnd, "print", Me.FileList, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)

This works with my images as well as office documents.

I let the browser object for PDF / Web etc provide their own print option from right mouse click.

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Then it seems I can't get a print preview with ShellExecute

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