Best way to output results?

[Martin]

I am interested to know of other peoples 'best ways' to print calculation
results to the screen and printer, using VB6. My usual out put is a single
page up to four pages mostly text and figures and only sometimes with a
drawn graphic.

A single form seems inadequate because it is shorter in length that an A4
sheet of paper, and I would like to produce something like WYSIWYG.

Until recently I have been using MSdataReportDesigner, but this needs to be
linked to a database, whether you use one or not which I don't, and graphics
are not supported.

I am thinking should I be looking at a MDIform approach, or is there another
better way?
Regards

Martin

[Nick J Chackowsky]

Martin wrote:

I am interested to know of other peoples 'best ways' to print calculation
results to the screen and printer, using VB6. My usual out put is a single
page up to four pages mostly text and figures and only sometimes with a
drawn graphic.

Have you tried formatted output to a multiline text box or rich text
box? It's easy, and (I can't test this right now, I'm on a linux box) I
believe there's a print method on both controls.

' Untested untested untested
' but *something* like:
txtBox.SelLength = Len(txtBox.Text)
txtBox.SelText = "Add this line to the text box" & vbCrLf
....
txtBox.Print

If this is what you're looking for, let me know and I'll post Genuinely
Working Code (R).

Nick.

[J French]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:47:23 +0000 (UTC), "Martin"
<ca****@btconnect.com> wrote:

I am interested to know of other peoples 'best ways' to print calculation
results to the screen and printer, using VB6. My usual out put is a single
page up to four pages mostly text and figures and only sometimes with a
drawn graphic.

Obj.Print

Where Obj is either a Picturebox or the Printer

Best wrapped in a Class, and ultimately probably internally using APIs
instead of the native VB commands

[Martin]

"J French" <er*****@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:47:23 +0000 (UTC), "Martin"
<ca****@btconnect.com> wrote:

I am interested to know of other peoples 'best ways' to print calculation
results to the screen and printer, using VB6. My usual out put is a singlepage up to four pages mostly text and figures and only sometimes with a
drawn graphic.

Obj.Print

Where Obj is either a Picturebox or the Printer

Best wrapped in a Class, and ultimately probably internally using APIs
instead of the native VB commands

Understood so far (I think). But my problem is at design time trying to
produce a complete A4 height sheet. I can make a picture box on a form any
height I wish but the form itself is limited to a height 11520twips at
design time, I need about 19000-20000twips. No problem at run time but I can
not lay the page out full height at design time.

As I say I have been using MSreportDesigner to date, and in trying for a
better alternative I hit the above snag. I have used two child forms one
below the other to give one solution, a little contrive?. This is why I am
wondering if there is a best way?

Martin

[J French]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:43:18 +0000 (UTC), "Martin"
<ca****@btconnect.com> wrote:

<snip>

Understood so far (I think). But my problem is at design time trying to
produce a complete A4 height sheet. I can make a picture box on a form any
height I wish but the form itself is limited to a height 11520twips at
design time, I need about 19000-20000twips. No problem at run time but I can
not lay the page out full height at design time.

As I say I have been using MSreportDesigner to date, and in trying for a
better alternative I hit the above snag. I have used two child forms one
below the other to give one solution, a little contrive?. This is why I am
wondering if there is a best way?

Not entirely contrived, but a bit of .. overkill

Try just having a Picturebox that you size up to .. whatever
- stick some scroll bars around it, or within it, and mess around
scrolling it up and down as a viewport

Then try using Picture1.Print and Picture1.PaintPicture

Just do it in 'Hullo World' style and you will soon catch on

Giving your users print preview is quite flashy and saves a lot of
paper for both you and them

98% of what you can send to a Printer can also go to a Picturebox

[Bob Butler]

"Martin" <ca****@btconnect.com> wrote in message news:<ce**********@sparta.btinternet.com>...
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Understood so far (I think). But my problem is at design time trying to
produce a complete A4 height sheet. I can make a picture box on a form any
height I wish but the form itself is limited to a height 11520twips at
design time, I need about 19000-20000twips. No problem at run time but I can
not lay the page out full height at design time.

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=vb...ie=UTF-8&hl=en

[Hal Rosser]

I just use the printer object
Printer.print ...
printer.FontSize = 12 (etc)
you can position the cursor anywhere - then print

"Martin" <ca****@btconnect.com> wrote in message
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I am interested to know of other peoples 'best ways' to print calculation
results to the screen and printer, using VB6. My usual out put is a single
page up to four pages mostly text and figures and only sometimes with a
drawn graphic.

A single form seems inadequate because it is shorter in length that an A4
sheet of paper, and I would like to produce something like WYSIWYG.

Until recently I have been using MSdataReportDesigner, but this needs to be linked to a database, whether you use one or not which I don't, and graphics are not supported.

I am thinking should I be looking at a MDIform approach, or is there another better way?
Regards

Martin

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[Martin]

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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:43:18 +0000 (UTC), "Martin"
<ca****@btconnect.com> wrote:

<snip>

Understood so far (I think). But my problem is at design time trying to
produce a complete A4 height sheet. I can make a picture box on a form anyheight I wish but the form itself is limited to a height 11520twips at
design time, I need about 19000-20000twips. No problem at run time but I cannot lay the page out full height at design time.

As I say I have been using MSreportDesigner to date, and in trying for a
better alternative I hit the above snag. I have used two child forms one
below the other to give one solution, a little contrive?. This is why I amwondering if there is a best way?

Not entirely contrived, but a bit of .. overkill

Try just having a Picturebox that you size up to .. whatever
- stick some scroll bars around it, or within it, and mess around
scrolling it up and down as a viewport

Then try using Picture1.Print and Picture1.PaintPicture

Just do it in 'Hullo World' style and you will soon catch on

Giving your users print preview is quite flashy and saves a lot of
paper for both you and them

98% of what you can send to a Printer can also go to a Picturebox

__________________________________________________ ____

Many thanks, I've learnt a little more.

I have tried all of these methods so far, but what I did miss was although I
can not make a form of any length at design time (Oh why not?) I can make a
picture box of any length.

There seems little to choose between the MDIform (with two child forms per
page) and a single form with picture box and scrollbars.

The standard form with picture box has visually poor scrollbars and to use
the full height of the picturebox at design time one has to drag the box up
and down. But the programming is simple.

The MDIform does involve two forms per page (say top half and bottom half)
but these forms do have a grid available at design time which helps layout
of labels etc. And the MDI comes with nice scrollbars (automatically). True
that a little more programming is required to position the two page halves
but not too much.

Any more ideas or have we exhausted them?!!

Regards

Martin

[J French]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:35:43 +0000 (UTC), "Martin"
<ca****@btconnect.com> wrote:

<snip>

98% of what you can send to a Printer can also go to a Picturebox_________________________________________________ _____

Many thanks, I've learnt a little more.

I have tried all of these methods so far, but what I did miss was although I
can not make a form of any length at design time (Oh why not?) I can make a
picture box of any length.

True ... but you might want to limit things to printing one page at a
time in a PicBox
There seems little to choose between the MDIform (with two child forms per
page) and a single form with picture box and scrollbars.
I would never agree there
The standard form with picture box has visually poor scrollbars and to use
the full height of the picturebox at design time one has to drag the box up
and down. But the programming is simple.
You can make them look Ok
The MDIform does involve two forms per page (say top half and bottom half)
but these forms do have a grid available at design time which helps layout
of labels etc. And the MDI comes with nice scrollbars (automatically). True
that a little more programming is required to position the two page halves
but not too much.
Forget MDI unless you are printing a complex document and need some
sort of 'window list'
Any more ideas or have we exhausted them?!!

Well ... for simple reports I print the whole lot to a file and then
kick off a totally separate EXE to View/Print them.

Actually the Windows print spooler does pretty much that