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From: Webbiz on 6 Nov 2009 00:20 Hello. I'm trying to write a routine to print the form currently with the focus. I'd like to select which printer to use when the print menu item is selected, without changing the Default printer for the whole system. For printing the form, I tried to use PrintForm. It did print the form, except it failed to include the items was were displayed within a picturebox that was on the form. The buttons printed, the grids, the frames, radio buttons, etc. The Title bar did not, nor the drawing that was inside the picturebox. It shows blank when printed. Also, the darn thing chopped part of the right side of the form when printed. I've Googled several examples but found many were very long winded and seemed to account for every possible setting. I'm trying to make this as minimal as possible. Is PrintForm the way to go, or is using it why I'm having some of these problems? Thanks. Webbiz
From: mayayana on 6 Nov 2009 12:10 Apparently this is Mike William's day off... This might help for getting the picture, but I don't know about selecting printers. The following is something I've used for getting a Desktop screenshot: http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/bitmap/printscreenole.htm It's a method for returning an image of the Desktop as a .bmp. If you just substitute the width, height, etc. where relevant with the RECT of the window in question you can get a snapshot of that window. > I'm trying to write a routine to print the form currently with the > focus. > > I'd like to select which printer to use when the print menu item is > selected, without changing the Default printer for the whole system. > > For printing the form, I tried to use PrintForm. It did print the > form, except it failed to include the items was were displayed within > a picturebox that was on the form. The buttons printed, the grids, the > frames, radio buttons, etc. The Title bar did not, nor the drawing > that was inside the picturebox. It shows blank when printed. > > Also, the darn thing chopped part of the right side of the form when > printed. > > I've Googled several examples but found many were very long winded and > seemed to account for every possible setting. I'm trying to make this > as minimal as possible. > > Is PrintForm the way to go, or is using it why I'm having some of > these problems? > > Thanks. > > Webbiz
From: Webbiz on 6 Nov 2009 12:33 (Note: I'm top posting only because the reply to my original post is a top post. Please do not shoot me! :) Thanks mayayana. I'll try to give the screenshot idea a 'shot' (pun). I'm thinking that the PrintForm method would be the easy way to handle this, although it seems to have left off the title bar and didn't print everything showing on the form (that which is inside the picbox). Perhaps the screenshot is the only way to handle it. I'm also trying to set it up where the user can first select the printer. Yet, I don't want the default printer changed for any other application. I came across this info, but it's a lot of information for what I'm thinking is overkill. That's why I was hoping someone could steer me towards a very simple solution. http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=250928 Thank you for replying. :-) Webbiz On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:10:34 -0500, "mayayana" <mayaXXyana(a)rcXXn.com> wrote: > Apparently this is Mike William's day off... > > This might help for getting the picture, but I >don't know about selecting printers. The following >is something I've used for getting a Desktop >screenshot: > >http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/bitmap/printscreenole.htm > > It's a method for returning an image of the >Desktop as a .bmp. If you just substitute the width, >height, etc. where relevant with the RECT of the window >in question you can get a snapshot of that window. > > >> I'm trying to write a routine to print the form currently with the >> focus. >> >> I'd like to select which printer to use when the print menu item is >> selected, without changing the Default printer for the whole system. >> >> For printing the form, I tried to use PrintForm. It did print the >> form, except it failed to include the items was were displayed within >> a picturebox that was on the form. The buttons printed, the grids, the >> frames, radio buttons, etc. The Title bar did not, nor the drawing >> that was inside the picturebox. It shows blank when printed. >> >> Also, the darn thing chopped part of the right side of the form when >> printed. >> >> I've Googled several examples but found many were very long winded and >> seemed to account for every possible setting. I'm trying to make this >> as minimal as possible. >> >> Is PrintForm the way to go, or is using it why I'm having some of >> these problems? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Webbiz >
From: Nobody on 6 Nov 2009 13:00 "Webbiz" <nospam(a)forme.thanks.com> wrote in message news:p6c7f51rqmsjpf005oj20u377ntlm7057i(a)4ax.com... > I'd like to select which printer to use when the print menu item is > selected, without changing the Default printer for the whole system. See "Printers collection" in MSDN. I think the example is incorrect in stating that "Set printer as system default.". It rather sets it application wide. Also, if you are using the common print dialog, the user can change the printer from it, so you need some code to switch Printer object to what the user selected. Search MSDN by title only for "Using the Print Dialog Box". The example below loops through Printers collection, and selects one by name. Option Explicit Private Sub Form_Load() Dim i As Long For i = 0 To Printers.Count - 1 Debug.Print Printers(i).DeviceName If Printers(i).DeviceName Like "*HP*" Then Set Printer = Printers(i) Exit For End If Next If i = Printers.Count Then Debug.Print "No matching printer found." End If End Sub
From: Eduardo on 6 Nov 2009 13:19
In VB you can change the printer like this: Dim prn As Printer Dim iDesiredPrinterName As String Dim iFound As Boolean iDesiredPrinterName = "Printer Name" For Each prn In Printers If prn.DeviceName = iDesiredPrinterName Then Set Printer = prn iFound = True End If Next prn If Not iFound Then MsgBox "Printer '" & iDesiredPrinterName & _ "' not found", vbInformation End If This does not affect Windows's default printer. |