Print Method

[ezbie]

Is there a way to truly center text using the print method. The only way I know to do it woul be to use

Printer.CurrentX =

But this only indents it it does not center it.

Also, Some lines are printing off the page. How can I have the text wrap?

Anyone have any reconmendations on getting output to a printer. What I am doing is pulling infomation from a database and sending it to a printer. I would prefer to have everything nicely formatted. I realize this is probally going to be kinda difficult for my skill level but how else am I gonna learn?

Anyone have any sugestions?

[SurfDemon]

Did you get a copy of Crystal Reports with your version of VB?

If so, have a look at it. It allows you to format print-out pages, and then populate them from a database.

I'm not sure if it only ships with the Professional and Enterprise version though.

Apart from that, trying to format a print out from with VB is a pain in the butt.

I hope that is of some help,

SD

[Arcom]

Try this:

Dim strT As String

strT="Some String"

Printer.CurrentX = (Printer.ScaleWidth - Len(strT)) / 2
Printer.Print strT
Printer.EndDoc

[ezbie]

That starts text in the center of the page. I need the center of the text string to be at the center of the page.

It doesnt act like it is adjusting for the Len(strT)

I have tried playing around with just Len(strT) and I dont get any kind of change in orentation.

[ezbie]

I set a text field = Len(strT) and it is returning 0

If strT = "Some String" shouldnt it return a value greater than 0?

[Arcom]

My mistake

Here's the correct code:

Dim strT As String

strT="Some String"

Printer.CurrentX = (Printer.ScaleWidth - Printer.TextWidth(strT)) / 2
Printer.Print strT
Printer.EndDoc