Check Boxes disappear in printout

[Richard Harison]

Here's a poser! I have a report involving meeting attendance with a check
box indicating who attended. I added command buttons either to preview or
print. All well with the world. BUT if I open the report on its own,
without going through my master menu, and use file/print from the menu bar,
the report will preview fine -- check boxes alive & well. However if I try
to print, the check boxes disappear entirely!
Anyone know what is going on? Thanks

 

[Allen Browne]

Richard, this issue usually ends up tracking back to the printer (bad
printer driver or printing mode) rather than an Access issue.

You can at least confirm it that's the path to persue by testing with a
completely different printer.

Presumably you have already checked the DisplayWhen property.

If you can't get a reliable printer driver and need a workaound, see:
Format Check boxes on reports: size, color, unbox, conditionally format
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-52.html

 

[Richard Harison]

Richard, this issue usually ends up tracking back to the printer (bad
printer driver or printing mode) rather than an Access issue.

You can at least confirm it that's the path to persue by testing with a
completely different printer.

Presumably you have already checked the DisplayWhen property.

If you can't get a reliable printer driver and need a workaound, see:
Format Check boxes on reports: size, color, unbox, conditionally format
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-52.html
--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia

Thanks Allen,
printer OK, Display when=always.
Not a big deal as 99% of the time, the user will use the command buttons. I
was lazy and wanted to print on both sides of the page, and then got curious
at this quirk.
Thanks again