Document containing many ActiveX controls prints out blank

[Alan Cossey]

Hi all,
I have a 9 page Word document that contains a large number of ActiveX
controls from the form toolbar, i.e. textboxes, radio buttons and a couple
of command buttons. I've used this because my customer's clients need to be
guided through filling in a whole pile of data and I have used VBA to hide
and unhide the controls depending on how the client starts filling in the
document. It all works nicely in versions 97 through to 2007 so I was quite
chuffed. However, when they (using Word 2003) or I (using Word 2002 or 2007)
try to print it out, we get 9 nearly blank pages. The only things that get
printed out are the lines around a table.

The document is normally protected to allow data input only via the form,
but even when I unprotect it the printing still doesn't work. I've Googled
every combination of words that I can think of that might be relevant, but
can't find anything that explains what the reason for the problem is let
alone a solution.

Can anyone help, please?

Many thanks,

Alan Cossey

PS Getting the clients to use Infopath for data input is a non-starter.

 

[zkid]

When you say nearly blank pages, do you nean that the entered data is missing
but the rest of the doc is there?

If that's the case, under the Tools, Options, Print tab, is the box check
for Update links? If so, try unchecking it....

 

[Russ]

Are you protecting with the correct Type and NoReset values?
ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True

Does it look empty in PrintPreview mode?