"Print topic and subtopics..." is not expanding dhtml content and ...

I was trying to print some interface in "Automation and Extensibility Reference."
When I clicked "Print topic and subtopics..." printer printed bunch of useless pages with "Syntax," "Remarks" and "See Also" headings collapsed.
Could you please let me know if I'm missing some step, this is bug or there's any workaround

The other problem that I'm experiencing is that link in a help document sometimes yield result saying, 

Sorry, no topics were found for the selected link.

Keywords = "P:EnvDTE.ProjectItem.FileCodeModel"
IndexMoniker =
Source URL =

And it happens only if that link is linking to class reference.
One example is, "FileCodeModel" link in "Discovering Code with the Code Model (Visual C#)" document.


I'm using Document Explorer v8.0.50727.42 RTM.



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"Print topic and subtopics..." is not expanding dhtml content and ...

  • Tariq Abu Dayyeh

    It's over 1.5 years now. Has this been fixed yet

  • Erik Read

    Dear support,

    This problem also trouble me, have you find a way to solve this

    Thanks & best regards,

    Eric.



  • CHJ3

    1. Collapsed sections in printed pages:
    I'm looking into this subject. I or someone else will get back to you later. You may have found a bug.

    2. Broken links to reference pages:
    Thanks for providing a specific example. I'm unable to reproduce the problem using Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. So I'm trying to determine the reason that it does not work for you. Please open the Index and type "FileCodeModel property" in the "Look for" box. If there is a Help page associated with that keyword, it will be named "ProjectItem.FileCodeModel Property". That is the target of the link that is not working for you. If it IS available to you, then I am puzzled as to why the link to it is broken. (One suggestion for you to try: empty your IE cache, to ensure that it is not overloaded with pages, and retry the link.) If the target Help page is NOT available to you from the Index, then that explains, somewhat, why your link is broken. If that is the case, please tell me where you installed the product and the documentation from. Was it an image file you downloaded from MSDN

  • finlandrocks

    Has this been fixed yet   I'm guessing (or at least hoping) so, as it was posted +6m ago.

    I'm having a possibly related issue whereby "print subtopics" causes dozens/hundreds (one at a time) "internet explorer script error" modal dialogs.  Not only very annoying, but the print job doesn't print.

    Eg. msdn VS 2005,

    ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.NETDEVFX.v20.en/WD_XMLStd/html/678bcd68-cbbb-4be5-9dd2-40f94488a1cf.htm



  • Daron

    Regarding collapsed sections in printed pages:
    This is a bug. I regret to say that I do not know a way of working around the problem at this time.  


  • palmsey

    Eric, I regret to report that the only workaround is to print the topics individually. There are complicated problems surrounding the collapsible sections when multiple topics are combined into one HTML page for printing purposes. These problems have not been corrected at this time.

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