PRINT DIALOGUE BOX

[Eddie G.]

I posted this earlier but I don't see it. Sorry if this is a duplicate.....can the print dialogue box be hidden during printing? I have a macro that sorts and prints each report and I use a form as a progress status bar. As each report prints, the status bar is blocked by the print dialogue box. Can excel print without showing the dialogue box?

[Corni]

Set the ScreenUpdating property to false at the beginning of the macro, and reset the property value to true at the end.

[Ivan F Moala]

On 2002-07-10 21:06, Corni wrote:
Set the ScreenUpdating property to false at the beginning of the macro, and reset the property value to true at the end.

Unfortunately this will not work as the
Window that is displayed is NOT part of the Applications windows/child.
You need to accomplish this via some API calls that Identify the window and esentailly hides it.

Option Explicit



Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _

    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long

'// The SendMessage function sends the specified message to a window or windows.

'// The function calls the window procedure for the specified window and does not

'// return until the window procedure has processed the message.

'// The PostMessage function, in contrast, posts a message to a thread’s message

'// queue and returns immediately.

'//

'// PARAMETERS:

'//

'// hwnd

'// Identifies the window whose window procedure will receive the message.

'// If this parameter is HWND_BROADCAST, the message is sent to all top-level

'// windows in the system, including disabled or invisible unowned windows,

'// overlapped windows, and pop-up windows; but the message is not sent to child windows.



'// Msg

'// Specifies the message to be sent.



'// wParam

'// Specifies additional message-specific information.



'// lParam

'// Specifies additional message-specific information.



'//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

'// The IsWindow function determines whether the specified window handle

'// is an existing window.

Private Declare Function IsWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

'// PARAMETERS:

'// hWnd

'// Specifies the window handle.



'//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

'//

Private Declare Function InvalidateRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _

    lpRect As Long, ByVal bErase As Long) As Long



Private Declare Function UpdateWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long



Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long



Public Function fncScreenUpdating(State As Boolean, Optional Window_hWnd As Long = 0)

Const WM_SETREDRAW = &HB

Const WM_PAINT = &HF



If Window_hWnd = 0 Then

    Window_hWnd = GetDesktopWindow()

Else

    If IsWindow(hwnd:=Window_hWnd) = False Then

        Exit Function

    End If

End If



If State = True Then

    Call SendMessage(hwnd:=Window_hWnd, wMsg:=WM_SETREDRAW, wParam:=1, lParam:=0)

    Call InvalidateRect(hwnd:=Window_hWnd, lpRect:=0, bErase:=True)

    Call UpdateWindow(hwnd:=Window_hWnd)

Else

    Call SendMessage(hwnd:=Window_hWnd, wMsg:=WM_SETREDRAW, wParam:=0, lParam:=0)

End If



End Function



'Call it like this

'-----------------------------

Sub PrintDirect()

fncScreenUpdating State:=False

ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1

fncScreenUpdating State:=True

End Sub

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