Visual Basic, Formatting a text box for printing(please help!!!)

Formatting a text box for printing(please help!!!)

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MaTTerHorn20 #1 / 3	Formatting a text box for printing(please help!!!) hey all, I am working on a prog that requires me to format the output to the printer when the text is taken from a text box. If i just say--- Printer.print txtNotes it just prints one line and doesnt print the whole text box. I was just curious if there is some sort of word wrap type function or some code structure to print more than just one line. Any help would be great. Thanks, Matterhorn
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:17:04 GMT

Martin Trum #2 / 3	Formatting a text box for printing(please help!!!) Quote: >I am working on a prog that requires me to format the output to the printer >when the text is taken from a text box. If i just say--- Printer.print txtNotes >it just prints one line and doesnt print the whole text box. I was just curious >if there is some sort of word wrap type function or some code structure to >print more than just one line. Any help would be great. Hi Matterhorn. Not sure what causes your prob. In VB6, SP5, Win98 I ran:- Private Sub Form_Load() For i = 1 To 5 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vbCrLf & i Next i Printer.Print Text1.Text End Sub The printed o/p included all of Text1's text :- Text1 1 2 3 4 5 Apologies for a non-answer to your question :-) Regards. -- Martin Trump
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:41:27 GMT

Mauree #3 / 3	Formatting a text box for printing(please help!!!) When you use the Printer.Print method to print some text it prints the entire text string on one line, so that anything longer than the width of the page will not be printed. In order to print an entire text box contents, or a long string of text, you need to write a bit of code. A lot depends on what you want to do, so it really isn't worth giving you an example until you post again with your requirements. For example, do you want to print the text exactly as it is displayed in the text box (line for line) or do you want to print it so that it wraps to the page, or to a specified rectangle on the page, or do you want it in columns, and what sort of justification do you want (left, right, centre, full, force, wrap around an object etc), all sorts of possibilities. Just about the simplest way of doing it (if you do not require "full justification") is to use the DrawText API, which will enable you to do it in a "one liner". Alternatively, you can write code to print your text in any way you desire. Post again with more details of your requirements. Mike Quote: > hey all, > I am working on a prog that requires me to format the output to the printer > when the text is taken from a text box. If i just say--- Printer.print txtNotes > it just prints one line and doesnt print the whole text box. I was just curious > if there is some sort of word wrap type function or some code structure to > print more than just one line. Any help would be great. > Thanks, > Matterhorn
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:37:59 GMT

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