Printing multiple Pictureboxes

[run_GMoney]

Can you print more than one picturebox on the same piece of paper? I'm looking to do something like this:

Private Sub cmdPrintPicture_Click()
 
Printer.PaintPicture Picture1.Image, 0, 0
For i = 5 To 45
    If Check1(i).Value = 1 Then
        Picture2.Print Check1(i).Caption
    End If
Next
Printer.PaintPicture Picture2.Image, 10, 0
Printer.EndDoc
 
End Sub

Where the first PictureBox prints a graph and the second PictureBox prints the corresponding checkboxes. I know the above code won't work but it should at least give an idea of what I want to do. Thanks

[McGenius]

You don't really need the second Picturebox.

Private Sub cmdPrintPicture_Click()
 
    Printer.PaintPicture Picture1.Image, 0, 0
    'adjust Printer.CurrentX/Y - 'set actual number so text will appear under your graph
    Printer.CurrentX = 100 
    Printer.CurrentY = 1000
    For i = 5 To 45
        If Check1(i).Value = 1 Then
            Printer.Print Check1(i).Caption
        End If
    Next
    Printer.EndDoc
 
End Sub

[run_GMoney]

Thanks for that. My next question is can I, instead of using the Check1(i).Caption, print an actual copy of the checkboxes that are checked? I don't even know if that's possible but it would look a lot better. Thanks again for that code though, it works great.

*EDIT: One more thing. Does a PictureBox not AutoSize if text is sent to it? I've set AutoSize = True on a PictureBox and sent some text to it but no Autosizing. Just curious if anyone knew.

[McGenius]

Originally posted by run_GMoney
Thanks for that. My next question is can I, instead of using the Check1(i).Caption, print an actual copy of the checkboxes that are checked? I don't even know if that's possible but it would look a lot better. Thanks again for that code though, it works great.

Everything (well almost) is possible, but in this case it would be total overkill - you need to clip (capture) a particular region, then create a context device, and then ... so, it's not worth it. BTW, (it just came to mind) you may create an image of your Checkbox and print that instead.

*EDIT: One more thing. Does a PictureBox not AutoSize if text is sent to it? I've set AutoSize = True on a PictureBox and sent some text to it but no Autosizing. Just curious if anyone knew.

When you print to a Picturebox you are actually setting its Image and not Picture, therefore Autosize property wont be affected.

[run_GMoney]

Originally posted by McGenius
BTW, (it just came to mind) you may create an image of your Checkbox and print that instead.

How would I accomplish something like that?

When you print to a Picturebox you are actually setting its Image and not Picture, therefore Autosize property wont be affected.

Well that's just darn inconvenient. Shouldn't be a huge problem though. Don't s'pose there's any way to alter that is there? I mean, my users can select anywhere from 1 to 40 different rounds so I was hoping to just have the Picturebox Autosize.

[McGenius]

1. At run time press Alt+Print Scrn and paste it onto Paintbrush. Crop your Checkbox and save it as a small bmp file. In your project create an Image control directly on the Picturebox and load that bmp into it. Set cvisible to False. Show it before printing and hide it afterwords. It's an ugly method but it will work at some extent.

2. Not really - that's not what the Picturebox is primarily designed for: displaing images.