Printing Chr$(205)

[Kars Lensen]

I like to print a double line on the paper, like String$(80,205), but it won't work in VB (in TurboBasic it worked well). What can I do ?

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[G.Kumaraguru]

Did u try vbCrLf ????

[Joacim Andersson]

You must use a font that containes that character.

Dim sOldFontName$
sOldFontName = Printer.FontName
Printer.FontName = "Terminal"
Printer.Print String$(80, 205)
Printer.FontName = sOldFontName
'the rest of your print procedure
Printer.EndDoc

Good luck!


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[Juan Carlos Rey]

You'll get more control (i.e. position, width, angles) with Line property:

Printer1.Line (X1, Y1) - (X2, Y1)

State it twice (with a slight different Y) for a double line.

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[This message has been edited by Juan Carlos Rey (edited 02-06-2000).]

[Kars Lensen]

Thanks Joacim, I am using this and it works fine.
Juan I think your way is also right, but how can I now where the coordinates must be before or after printing the text on the paper ?

regards, K. Lensen


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[Juan Carlos Rey]

Hi, Kars. It's easy. You have a "CurrentY" property that let you know where you are.

If you want to print a line say 50 twips after a line of text, do so:

Printer.Line (X1, CurrentY + 50) - (X2, CurrentY + 50)


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[This message has been edited by Juan Carlos Rey (edited 02-07-2000).]