Hiding the Now Printing Window

[Terry DeJournett]

I have a from with a comman button that I have programmed to print "X"
number of copies of a report. It all runs fast, but is there a way to keep
the "Now Printing" window from popping up. Get's annoying if you are
printing 100 copies.

Thanks,
Terry

 

[Allen Browne]

That's an internal Access dialog, so there is not really a way to hide it.

You can suppress it in the Timer event of a form, as explained in this
article:
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0037.htm

In general, though, running a timer event all the time can have worse side
effects that the problem it is meant to cure.

 

[louonline]

Terry,
Check your printer's properties, with some brands of printers there is
an option for displaying or suppressing the printer status.

Regards,
Lou

 

[SA]

There's no way to suppress the "Now Printing" dialog in Access using native
Access commands. You can do it using api calls. Look at this link:

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0037.htm