printing a word document 1

[sicohne]

My program opens a word document, prints it out then closes it. The trouble is that if the document hasn't finished printing by the time the program quits word, it finishes printing the page it's on and stops.

Is there a way to check whether word has finished printing before closing it?

 

[ThatRickGuy]

I beleive there is a pause argument on the print command. That may be what you need.

-Rick

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[bclt]

It is the first time i hear this issue.
I had similar application. The three last lines were:

1-print_the_document
2-appword.Quit
3-appword = Nothing

Had exited and destroyed the variable 'appword', the document was in memory; (in tray icon i could see that 3 of six pages were printed) ...

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Yup, here it is:

Word.ApplicationClass.PrintOut(False)

The false is for Background. Setting BG to false will make it print in the foreground (ie: this thread) so that the next command shouldn't fire until the printing is complete.

-Rick

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[sicohne]

word.application.printout(false) worked a treat, thank you