This library will allow you to print simple text in the printer you select, using any font and specifying margins and orientation for the paper.

Note: Besides the standard Visual Basic 6.0 run-times libraries, this component also needs the RichTextControl libraries. Look at ARPrintLib.DEP in the zip file.

History:

• 17.11.1998, version 1.01 released.

Properties:

• Code. It is only there for compatibility reasons. Forget about it.
• TopMargin, BottomMargin, LeftMargin and RightMargin, are the margins that will have the printed page, given in twips. There are 1440 twips per logical inch.
• Font. Font that will be used to print. If you want to access extended properties of the font (like underline and so), do it through this object.
• FontName. Name of the font that will be used to print.
• FontSize. Size of the font that will be used to print.
• Orientation. Orientation of the paper: portrait or landscape.
• PrinterDriverName (read-only). Driver that will be used to print.
• SelPrinter. This is the printer that will be used to print.

Methods:

• PrintText (sText as String). This will print the text passed in the sText variable. Doesn't return anything.
• PrintFile (sPath as String). This method will open the specified file and print its contents. Returns True when succesful and False if it fails.

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