Multipage word document cannot be printed using webutil

Question

We have the following problem. We are using Oracle Webforms 11g (11.1.1.4). On the server a Word 2010 docx document has been created and needs to be printed locally. We use webutil for this with the following code:
-- create a new document
app := client_ole2.create_obj('word.application');
client_ole2.set_property(app, 'visible', 0);
docs := client_ole2.get_obj_property(app, 'documents');
args := client_ole2.create_arglist;
client_ole2.add_arg(args, p_filename);
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 0); -- confirmconverion (false)
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 1); -- readonly (true)
client_ole2.invoke(docs, 'open', args);
client_ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
client_ole2.invoke(app,'printout');
client_ole2.release_obj(docs);
args := client_ole2.create_arglist;
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 0);
client_ole2.invoke(app,'quit', args);
client_ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
client_ole2.release_obj(app);
When the document to be printed consists of only one page the document is printed. When there is more than one page (hard/soft page end) the resulting document is empty. We also tried Word 2003, RTF format but nothing worked.
Extra Info:
Clients: Windows XP SP3, Office/Word 2010
Server: Forms 11.1.1.4, Windows Server 2008R2
Webutil/jacob: 1.10.1 as recommended.
What can we do to solve this?

Answer 1

Ok... I went back and tested your code and by adding a "0" for the Range param, all pages of my 3 page doc printed.
-- create a new document
app := client_ole2.create_obj('word.application');
client_ole2.set_property(app, 'visible', 0);
docs := client_ole2.get_obj_property(app, 'documents');
args := client_ole2.create_arglist;
client_ole2.add_arg(args, p_filename);
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 0); -- confirm converion (false)
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 1); -- readonly (true)
client_ole2.invoke(docs, 'open', args);
client_ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
-- CHANGES BEGIN HERE
args := client_ole2.create_arglist;
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 0); -- 0 means background printing
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 0); -- 0 means no append
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 0); -- 0 means print all pages
client_ole2.invoke(app,'printout',args);
client_ole2.release_obj(docs);
client_ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
-- CHANGES END HERE
args := client_ole2.create_arglist;
client_ole2.add_arg(args, 0);
client_ole2.invoke(app,'quit', args);
client_ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
client_ole2.release_obj(app);This appears to be the syntax according to the MS docs:
PrintOut([Background], [Append], [Range], [OutputFileName], [From], [To], [Item], [Copies], [Pages], [PageType], [PrintToFile], [Collate], [FileName], [ActivePrinterMacGX], [ManualDuplexPrint], [PrintZoomColumn], [PrintZoomRow], [PrintZoomPaperWidth], [PrintZoomPaperHeight])
Edited by: Michael Ferrante on Oct 12, 2011 3:48 PM