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Changing Printer Settings in Word
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06/02/2002 17:27:00
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
COM/DCOM and OLE Automation
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00616324
Message ID:
00618274
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Try objWord.Wordbasic.Sendkeys(). Usually it helps me to resolve situations like yours.

>Using VFP 6.0 SP 5
>
>I'm creating a Word object and using it to print several documents. The printer is an HP 8150 which has the capability of printing on both sides of the paper. It also has a "Flip Pages Up" option which changes the way the second side of the page looks.
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>I need to be able to print the same document in either format and I'm looking for some suggestions as to which properties I could manipulate to get the desired effect.
>
>My usual step for something like this is to create a macro inside Word and then examine the macro code. I brought up a document and started macro recording. I then clicked on File, Print, Properties, Flip Pages, OK, OK to print the document in one format. I repeated the process to print the document in the other format and saved the macro.
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>Here is the macro code.
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>    Application.PrintOut FileName:="", Range:=wdPrintAllDocument, Item:= _
>        wdPrintDocumentContent, Copies:=1, Pages:="", PageType:=wdPrintAllPages, _
>        Collate:=True, Background:=True, PrintToFile:=False
>    Application.PrintOut FileName:="", Range:=wdPrintAllDocument, Item:= _
>        wdPrintDocumentContent, Copies:=1, Pages:="", PageType:=wdPrintAllPages, _
>        Collate:=True, Background:=True, PrintToFile:=False
>
>
>I didn't see anything here which would change the settings. Actually, when I run the macro it prints both jobs in the same format.
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>I've considered saving two copies of each form and saving the format with them. However, there are over 500 forms and that poses a potential problem for maintaining the current forms and adding new ones. I think a software solution would be much better.
>
>Any ideas anyone can offer will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks..........Rich
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