Printing to a File Using the WordBasic FilePrint Statement

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b,

      2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0 and 3.1

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Word 6.0 for Windows

The FilePrint statement in Word 6.0 for Windows includes parameters to allow you to print a document to a file. The FilePrint parameters for printing to a file are listed below.

   .PrintToFile    If 1, sends printer instructions to a file.

   .PrToFileName   If PrintToFile = 1, this parameter specifies the
                   path and filename of the file to print to.

   .AppendPrFile   If PrintToFile = 1, this parameter specifies
                   whether  to overwrite or append to the file if it
                   already exists:

                      0 (zero) Overwrite
                      1        Append

   FilePrint .PrToFileName = "C:\Temp\Filename.ext", .Type = 0, \
   .PrintToFile = 1

   copy /b <filename> LPT1:

Word 2.x for Windows

The FilePrint statement in Word 2.x for Windows does not include a parameter to indicate the print filename (.PrToFileName). To print the contents of the current document to a specific file without being prompted with the filename dialog box, use the SendKeys statement before the FilePrint command. For example:

Sub MAIN
SendKeys "C:\Temp\Filename.ext"        'the filename to print to
SendKeys "{Enter 2}"                   'Send 2 Returns

End Sub