Last updated: Friday 2nd January 2009, 15:44 PT, AHD


 
Output to the Printer
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Taken from pages 107-108, 
VB6 4th Ed Update textbook: 
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,,0131427075,00%2ben-USS_01DBC.html




You print text on a sheet of paper in the
printer in much the same way you display text
in a picture box. Visual Basic treats the 
printer as an object named Printer. If expr is 
a string or numeric expression, then the 
statement:

Printer.Print expr

sends expr to the printer in exactly the same 
way picBox.Print sends output to a picture box. 


You can use semicolons, commas for print zones, 
and Tab.


Font properties can be set with statements 
like:


Printer.Font.Name = "Script"
Printer.Font.Bold = True
Printer.Font.Size = 12

Another useful printer command is:


Printer.NewPage

which starts a new page.

Windows' print manager usually waits until an 
entire page has been completed before starting 
to print. To avoid losing information, execute 
the statement:


Printer.EndDoc


when you are finished printing.


The statement:


PrintForm


prints the content of the form.