PrintDialog PrintDocument Change the font

Hi All

I have created a form that collects data for bar codes the data is then Encode and the bar code is displayed in a text box.

However when I try and print the text box only I just get nonsense printed.

I am using IDAutomationSC128S Demo Symbol font to generate the barcode, do i need to change the PrintDocument font (if i can)?


Thanks in advance




Private Sub txtBarcode_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles txtBarcode.TextChanged

End Sub

Private Sub Button5_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click

PrintDialog3.AllowSomePages = True
PrintDialog3.ShowHelp = True
If PrintDialog3.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
If txtBarcode.Text <> "" Then
PrintDocument3.Print()

End If
End If
End Sub

Private Sub PrintDocument3_PrintPage(sender As Object, e As Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) Handles PrintDocument3.PrintPage
e.Graphics.DrawString(txtBarcode.Text, Me.Font, Brushes.Black, e.MarginBounds, StringFormat.GenericTypographic)

End Sub
End Class

There is no PrintDocument font. The PrintPage event handler is where you specify what to print and, if you specify text, that's where you specify the font. What did you think this was:

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e.Graphics.DrawString(txtBarcode.Text, Me.Font, Brushes.Black, e.MarginBounds, StringFormat.GenericTypographic)

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If you are displaying the barcode in a TextBox using the correct font then you probably need the Font of that TextBox, i.e. txtBarcode.Font, rather than the Font of the form.

Hi thanks for the response, this is the font i am using for the barcode "IDAutomationSC128S Demo Symbol"

Sorry i dont understand where the to enter the font name, do i change the me.font to the font name IDAutomationSC128S Demo Symbol?

Many Thanks


Private Sub btnCreate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnCreate.Click
txtEncodedText.Text = FontEncoder.Code128(txtDataToEncode.Text)

txtBarcode.Text = txtEncodedText.Text

txtBarcode.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("IDAutomationSC128S Demo Symbol", 20, FontStyle.Regular)

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Sorry i dont understand where the to enter the font name

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Not sure how else jmc could have made it more clear. He quoted the pertinent line of code, and underlined and made red the parameter that handles what font gets printed.

Me.Font is the Font used by the form. Do you want the entire Form to use the barcode font? I would imagine not.

So, don't pass Me.Font. Pass the font you want. You could do this in multiple ways, but the most simple way would probably be to replace Me.Font with txtBarcode.Font in the line of code jmc quoted. Which is exactly what jmc suggested.

Thats fixed it, just need pointing in the right direction, thanks to both of you, I am still learning this and believe me I did look at you tube google before I came on here for advice you have made my day

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Originally Posted by coyney22

I did look at you tube google before I came on here

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I just searched for "vb.net printdocument font" and the first result was the official documentation for the PrintDocument class that provides an example of printing text with a specific font.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dot...ramework-4.7.2

The second result was another example showing how to print with a specific font.

https://bytes.com/topic/visual-basic...nt-font-dialog

It seems to me that a lot of beginners are genuinely terrible at searching the web. I'm not sure why that is but I think it might be that they don't actually recognise what a KEY WORD search is. As you can see, I searched using only a few RELEVANT key words, i.e. the words that are key to the subject I'm searching on. I think that many beginners search using long, natural language sentences that will inherently filter out results that lack the irrelevant words they have included. The key to good searching is understanding the key to what you're searching for. You should almost always start with fewer key words and add later rather than start with loads and remove.

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Originally Posted by coyney22

just need pointing in the right direction

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I kinda thought that that's what I did in post #2, but all's well that ends well. :) Just like working out what's key when deciding what to search for, you need to get better at working out what's key in the information you read, which you will in time.