by Adam Abas (2 Submissions)
Category: DDE
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(4 Votes)
To Print DataBase Grid Control as a quick report
without buying an expensive tools.
Inputs
Data Base Control, Data Base Grid Control
Assumes
How he,she use a data & dbgrid control in VB application.
Code Returns
DBGrid Record source as a Text File with adjusted Columns
Width.
Side Effects
No Idea, only when you increase number of columns the
processing is be slower.
API Declarations Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
VBcodersPlease,If you do any changes let me know as a feed back.
If you like to have a .OCX as an Activex Email me, free no charge
but no source code.
Private Function PrintGd(ByVal GridToPrint As DBGrid, ByVal MyRecordset As Recordset) As Long
Dim x, v, b
Dim Putit As String
Dim Myrec
Dim MyField
Dim TCapion
Dim Mydash
Screen.MousePointer = 11
Open "C:\Printed.txt" For Output As #2
Putit = ""
Mydash = "-"
For b = 0 To GridToPrint.Columns.Count - 1
Myrec = ""
MyField = ""
x = GridToPrint.Columns(b).Width
x = x / 100
For v = 1 To x
Mydash = Mydash + "-"
If Mid(GridToPrint.Columns(b).Caption, v, 1) = "" Then
Myrec = Chr(32)
Else
Myrec = Mid(GridToPrint.Columns(b).Caption, v, 1)
End If
MyField = MyField & Myrec
Next v
Putit = Putit & Chr(9) & MyField
DoEvents
'
Next b
Print #2, " No" & Putit
Print #2, Mydash
Close #2
Dim Colcap
Dim Toprint
Open "C:\Printed.txt" For Append As #1
MyRecordset.MoveFirst
Dim Nox
Do While Not MyRecordset.EOF
Putit = ""
Nox = Nox + 1
For b = 0 To GridToPrint.Columns.Count - 1
If GridToPrint.Columns(b).Visible = True Then
Myrec = ""
MyField = ""
x = GridToPrint.Columns(b).Width
x = x / 100
For v = 1 To x
DoEvents
If Mid(GridToPrint.Columns(b).Text, v, 1) = "" Then
Myrec = Chr(32) 'x
Else
Myrec = Mid(GridToPrint.Columns(b).Text, v, 1)
End If
MyField = MyField & Myrec
Next v
DoEvents
Putit = Putit & Chr(9) & MyField
Else
End If
Next b
Print #1, Format(Nox, "@@@") & Putit
MyRecordset.MoveNext
Loop
Close #1
Me.Refresh
Dim RetVal As Long
RetVal = ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, _
vbNullString, "C:\Printed.Txt", vbNullString, "c:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
Screen.MousePointer = 0
End Function
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim x
x = PrintGd(DBGrid1, Data1.Recordset)
End Sub
