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BUG: Setting Border Size on a Frameset Does Not Render in Print or Print Preview

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This article was previously published under Q260273

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Symptoms

When you Print or Print Preview a Web page that has a frame border (border attribute) that is set to a value other than the default, it may still display as the width of the default border.

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Cause

During printing or print preview, the frame border is not scaled based on the high-resolution measurement. As a result, it defaults to the normal size.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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More information

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create the file Repro.htm with the following codes
    <HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET border="20" rows="*,*">
<FRAME src="http://www.msn.com">
<FRAME src="about:blank" >
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>
  2. Navigate to Repro.htm in Internet Explorer.
  3. From the File menu, click Print Preview.

    You will see that the print preview doesn't respect the border width that you specified in the source.

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References

For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/

http://support.microsoft.com/iep

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Keywords: KB260273, kbprint, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 260273
Revision : 5
Created on : 5/11/2006
Published on : 5/11/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 316