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  1. Sep 24th, 2002, 03:04 PM #1
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    Printing in VB

    Hi

    I am writing a routine which lists through a text file and searches the directories on a PC the files. These files are .TIFF files and i want to print them. Whats the best way to do this, we use MS photoeditor to view them, can i call Photoeditor or can i print direct from VB?

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  2. Sep 24th, 2002, 04:12 PM #2
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    You could use a picturebox to load the tiff and then use the picturebox.print command
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  3. Sep 24th, 2002, 04:15 PM #3
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    Um... the Picturebox.Print doesn't print to the printer ..... it prints to the picturebox.... in other words if I put a pic box on a form then do PictureBox1.Print "Hello There!"... then the text, Hello There! shows up in the pic box... same as Form1.Print works....
    IF the TIFF extention is associated with a particular program, what you could do is a ShellExecute. Then hit the Print. It requires User intervention though.

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    Ideally i would prefer no user intervention at all....

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    "... the Picturebox.Print doesn't print to the printer ..."

    Of course not. You will have "send" it to the Printer object. It may look something like the following:
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    1. Printer.PaintPicture Picture1.Picture, Printer.ScaleLeft, Printer.ScaleTop + 100 ', Printer.ScaleTop  'Printer.CurrentY
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  7. Sep 24th, 2002, 05:03 PM #6
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    in u'r component list there is a component called Kodak Image Edit Control.

    alot of filetypes are supported :



    try loading and printing it using this control.
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  8. Sep 24th, 2002, 09:39 PM #7
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    I can be wrong but as far as I know Kodak Image Edit Control is not redistributable. You may need to obtain a special license for it.
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