Why is the PrintDialog not displaying (in 64 bit)?

Question

This code, when built in .Net for Any CPU platform and running on a 64-bit machine, simply returns a DialogResult of Cancel without showing the expected dialog box.

Dim dlg As New System.Windows.Forms.PrintDialog

If dlg.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
    '... print the document '
End If

However, it works fine when the application is built for the x86 platform, and run on a 64-bit machine. How can you display the dialog with a 64-bit compile?

Answer 1

You need to set the additional property...

dlg.UseEXDialog = True

The documentation(*) makes brief mention of this needing to be done for AMD64 processors under Remarks.

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