stall between printing and closing

[wooonelly]

I have an open document that I want printed and then closed. here is the code

ActiveDocument.PrintOut
    Kill "temp.doc"
    ActiveDocument.Close False
    Application.Quit False

I want it to print the active document, delete the temp.doc file, close the document and then close word.The problem is it all happens too fast that it doesn't print the active document.

Any ideas on how to do this?

[DKenny]

try inserting a

DoEvents()

after the printout line.

[Comintern]

2 things. First, don't try to kill the document until after it has been closed. Second, you can use the BackgroundPrintingStatus property to see if Word has uncompleted print jobs:

ActiveDocument.PrintOut
 
Do Until Application.BackgroundPrintingStatus = 0
    DoEvents
Loop
 
ActiveDocument.Close False
Application.Quit False
Kill "temp.doc"

[Set me As newtype]

This last suggestion works, but there is a long (minute or more) delay before printing...

Unless I put a break point at the DoEvents, then it seems to trigger an immediate print.

Any suggestions how to trigger it immediately in code?