"Dynamically" make text appear on the form!

[Sastraxi]

I thought about loading multiple labels but that would consume a lot of memory. I think there used to be a print function in VB but now there isnt!!!

Do any of the lost programmers out there possess this knowledge?
(Do you guys know?)

[HarryW]

You sure there isn't a Print function? I've never used it but I thought there was.

You can get the DC of the form and use GDI functions to do it.

[Zaei]

There is a print function, but its hidden (like Line). Form/PictureBox/Printer/Debug.Print "blah blah". It uses "CurrentX" and "-Y" to tell where to put it.

Z.

[PsychoMark]

Form.Print will still work...

But you can also go fancy and use the API :

Private Declare Function TextOut Lib "gdi32" Alias "TextOutA" _
    (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, _
    ByVal lpString As String, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long

Form.AutoRedraw = True
TextOut Form.hDC, 50, 50, "This is a form", Len("This is a form")
Form.Refresh

Offcoure the Print function will do just the same, it's just that I like the API ...



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