Printing Word document via automation

[Patrick Spence]

When I attempt to print a Word document using automation, the document will
not print. I'm "talking" to Word via a DLL written in VB6. The document is
getting saved, also being done in the DLL. What's really wierd is that if I
step thru the DLL code using the debugger, as soon as .PrintOut method for
the document gets called, it prints. However, running thru the code w/o the
debugger, nothing happens. I've added a few DoEvents to give up some CPU
time, but this hasn't done any good.

I'm running XP Pro, Office 2000.

Ideas anyone?

 

[Patrick Spence]

I fixed the problem by using the Sleep function in Kernel.32. By placing a
"sleep 1000" immediately after .PrintOut(), the documents appear to be
printing ok. 'Seems almost like a race condition was the culprit. I'll know
more after some additional testing.