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Asked: 2026-05-11T13:43:01+00:00

I have a VB6 application that is giving an error 5, Invalid procedure call

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I have a VB6 application that is giving an error 5, ‘Invalid procedure call or argument’ when the program attempts to set the Printer object to a specific printer from the Printers collection. The printer in question is some sort of copier/printer running through a print server. The error doesn’t occur when setting the Printer object to other printers defined in the collection. Any ideas what might be causing the error 5 in this circumstance? I’m not sure what exactly happens when using the ‘Set Printer = x’ statement in VB6 – is it attempting to interface with the actual printer driver at that point? Is it possible that the driver isn’t recognized as a valid printer by the VB6 Printer object for some reason, resulting in the ‘invalid argument’ error?

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  1. The ‘Invalid procedure call or argument’ is for a VB runtime error 5.

    I suspect that the error 5 you’re seeing is the Win32 error code, which means ‘Access is denied’.

    Apparently VB runtime errors differ from Win32 errors – I suspect that it has to do with the roots of VB predating even MS-DOS: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/09/09/227461.aspx. I’m not sure how you’re supposed to determine which interpretation to use when

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