In the program that I am working on, I copy and paste filtered data into a
new workbook multiple times. Each time that I complete this procedure, I set
the print preview to be set up a certain way. In order to be able to get out
of the print preview screen, I used SendKeys to click through it. When I run
just the sub for 1 instance of creating the new workbook, copying and pasting
the filtered data, etc., it works fine; but when I run the entire program and
it gets to the print preview screen, the SendKeys statement doesn't work. I
discovered that something causes the active screen to be inactive because if
I manually press Alt and C, nothing happens.

So, my question is, what can cause the screen to become inactive that would
cause SendKeys to not work? and what can I do to rectify this? thanks

This is the individual part that works fine by itself


Sub File1000()
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:="1000"
Selection.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Select
Selection.Copy
Workbooks.Add
ActiveSheet.Paste
Columns("A:G").Select
Selection.Columns.AutoFit
Columns("H:V").Select
Selection.ColumnWidth = 10
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
.PrintTitleRows = "$4:$4"
.PrintTitleColumns = ""
End With
Range("A4").Select
Sheets(Array("Sheet2", "Sheet3")).Select
Sheets("Sheet3").Activate
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.Delete
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Sheets("Sheet1").Name = "1000"
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
.LeftHeader = ""
.CenterHeader = ""
.RightHeader = ""
.LeftFooter = ""
.CenterFooter = "Page &P of &N"
.RightFooter = ""
.LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0)
.RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0)
.TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.PrintHeadings = False
.PrintGridlines = False
.PrintComments = xlPrintNoComments
.PrintQuality = 600
.CenterHorizontally = True
.CenterVertically = False
.Orientation = xlLandscape
.Draft = False
.PaperSize = xlPaperLegal
.FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
.Order = xlDownThenOver
.BlackAndWhite = False
.Zoom = 70
.PrintErrors = xlPrintErrorsDisplayed
End With
Application.SendKeys ("{%}c")
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintPreview
Range("E2").Select
End Sub

As Ducky pointed out, if you are using code to manipulate and print the
worksheet, the user does not need to see the PrintPreview, so don't call it.
However, if the user does need to see PrintPreview, you do not need to close
it.
It should be 1 way or the other.

NickHK

"ajvasel" wrote in message
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In the program that I am working on, I copy and paste filtered data into a
new workbook multiple times. Each time that I complete this procedure, I
set
the print preview to be set up a certain way. In order to be able to get
out
of the print preview screen, I used SendKeys to click through it. When I
run
just the sub for 1 instance of creating the new workbook, copying and
pasting
the filtered data, etc., it works fine; but when I run the entire program
and
it gets to the print preview screen, the SendKeys statement doesn't work.
I
discovered that something causes the active screen to be inactive because
if
I manually press Alt and C, nothing happens.

So, my question is, what can cause the screen to become inactive that
would
cause SendKeys to not work? and what can I do to rectify this? thanks

This is the individual part that works fine by itself


Sub File1000()
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:="1000"
Selection.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Select
Selection.Copy
Workbooks.Add
ActiveSheet.Paste
Columns("A:G").Select
Selection.Columns.AutoFit
Columns("H:V").Select
Selection.ColumnWidth = 10
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
.PrintTitleRows = "$4:$4"
.PrintTitleColumns = ""
End With
Range("A4").Select
Sheets(Array("Sheet2", "Sheet3")).Select
Sheets("Sheet3").Activate
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.Delete
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Sheets("Sheet1").Name = "1000"
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
.LeftHeader = ""
.CenterHeader = ""
.RightHeader = ""
.LeftFooter = ""
.CenterFooter = "Page &P of &N"
.RightFooter = ""
.LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0)
.RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0)
.TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
.PrintHeadings = False
.PrintGridlines = False
.PrintComments = xlPrintNoComments
.PrintQuality = 600
.CenterHorizontally = True
.CenterVertically = False
.Orientation = xlLandscape
.Draft = False
.PaperSize = xlPaperLegal
.FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
.Order = xlDownThenOver
.BlackAndWhite = False
.Zoom = 70
.PrintErrors = xlPrintErrorsDisplayed
End With
Application.SendKeys ("{%}c")
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintPreview
Range("E2").Select
End Sub

Ok, thanks guys, that helped a lot.