Simple Macro freezes the whole Excel and PC!

[Marco Margaritelli]

I created (recorded) a very simple macro that "Select an area", "Select a
printer", and "Print".
It works the first time, (while recording it), but when I Play It again, It
FREEZES Excel and the whole PC!

The SAME Macro works just fine just changing the "Preview:=" statement from
"False" to "true".

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THIS ONE BELOW WORKS JUST FINE!!!
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Sub Button8_Click()
'
' Button8_Click Macro
' Macro recorded 6/6/2009 by Marco Margaritelli
'

'
Range("B3:C5").Select
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$B$3:$C$5"
Application.ActivePrinter = "DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo on Ne04:"
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1, ActivePrinter:= _
"DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo on Ne04:", Collate:=True, Preview:=True
Range("E3").Select
End Sub


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THIS ONE BELOW DOES NOT WORK... IT FREEZE UP EXCEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN
THE PC!
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Sub Button8_Click()
'
' Button8_Click Macro
' Macro recorded 6/6/2009 by Marco Margaritelli
'

'
Range("B3:C5").Select
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$B$3:$C$5"
Application.ActivePrinter = "DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo on Ne04:"
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1, ActivePrinter:= _
"DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo on Ne04:", Collate:=True, Preview:=False
Range("E3").Select
End Sub

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This happen in ALL Excel Macros I created and that have been working Just
fine for years!
I never had this problem since a few months ago (I believe after a MS
Security Update...).

I hope someone could clear this "MISTERY!"

THANKS!

 

[JLGWhiz]

I believe you only have one sheet to print. Try this.

Sub Button8_Click()
'
' Button8_Click Macro
' Macro recorded 6/6/2009 by Marco Margaritelli


'

ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$B$3:$C$5"
Application.ActivePrinter = "DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo on Ne04:"
ActiveSheet.PrintOut Copies:=1, ActivePrinter:= _
"DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo on Ne04:", Collate:=True,
Preview:=False
Range("E3").Select
End Sub

 

[Don Guillett]

Should do it

Sub printrng()
Application.ActivePrinter = _
"DYMO LabelWriter Twin Turbo on Ne04:"
ActiveSheet.Range("b3:c65").PrintOut
End Sub

 

[Marco Margaritelli]

Thank you!
It worked!

I was just wondering WHY that happens...
After all I did NOT wrote myself the macro, but Excel did it automatically
as I "recorded" the macro...

Unfortunately from now on when I record a macro like this to print something
(which I do very often), I will have to REPLACE the code wrote duiring the
"recording" with the one kindly supplied to me by you...

This is annoying Microsoft!

 

[Don Guillett]

Did you see my simpler macro?

 

[JLGWhiz]

I am not really sure, but I believe it is related to the SelectedSheets part
of the code. I never use that paticular code. I try to write it so that it
specifies the exact sheet or sheets that I want to print. If you learn to
edit the recorded macros to take out the Select and Selected you will have
much more efficient code. Instead of:

Range("A1").Select
Selection.Copy

Just write:

Range("A1").Copy

It takes a while to get in the habit of using the shorter syntax, but it
does make better looking and easier to read code.