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Asked: 2026-05-10T14:57:27+00:00

When I use the PrintOut method to print a Worksheet object to a printer,

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When I use the PrintOut method to print a Worksheet object to a printer, the ‘Printing’ dialog (showing filename, destination printer, pages printed and a Cancel button) is displayed even though I have set DisplayAlerts = False. The code below works in an Excel macro but the same thing happens if I use this code in a VB or VB.Net application (with the reference changes required to use the Excel object).

Public Sub TestPrint() Dim vSheet As Worksheet      Application.ScreenUpdating = False     Application.DisplayAlerts = False      Set vSheet = ActiveSheet     vSheet.PrintOut Preview:=False      Application.DisplayAlerts = True     Application.ScreenUpdating = True  End Sub

EDIT: The answer below sheds more light on this (that it may be a Windows dialog and not an Excel dialog) but does not answer my question. Does anyone know how to prevent it from being displayed?

EDIT: Thank you for your extra research, Kevin. It looks very much like this is what I need. Just not sure I want to blindly accept API code like that. Does anyone else have any knowledge about these API calls and that they’re doing what the author purports?

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  1. When you say the ‘Printing’ Dialog, I assume you mean the ‘Now printing xxx on ‘ dialog rather than standard print dialog (select printer, number of copies, etc). Taking your example above & trying it out, that is the behaviour I saw – ‘Now printing…’ was displayed briefly & then auto-closed.

    What you’re trying to control may not be tied to Excel, but instead be Windows-level behaviour. If it is controllable, you’d need to a) disable it, b) perform your print, c) re-enable. If your code fails, there is a risk this is not re-enabled for other applications.

    EDIT: Try this solution: How do you prevent printing dialog when using Excel PrintOut method. It seems to describe exactly what you are after.

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