by ronniec23 (1 Submission)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(2 Votes)
This piece of code loops through the controls on a form and sends the contents to the default printer in a layout similar to the screen. Therefore your forms contents are printed in the same positions as they are on screen. I use this to print out a simple record report on the db application I am working on. Works with labels, text boxes and list boxes etc.
VBcodersSub Print_rec()
On Error GoTo print_err
With Printer
.Orientation = 1 '1 = portrait, 2 = landscape
.CurrentX = 3000 ' move text over and down for title
.CurrentY = 1440
.FontBold = True
.FontSize = 12
Printer.Print "Record Details"
.FontSize = 9 'Change back font size
.FontBold = False 'Change back to none bold font
'This section loops through the controls on the screen and prints the contents of the control.
' I used the tag property to filter controls as there was some controls on the screen I didnt want printing (buttons, check boxes etc.)
For Each Control In Me.Controls
If Control.Tag = "prt" Then
.CurrentX = Control.Left + 250 ' sets the position for printing (+ 250 move's it in about 1cm from side of sheet)
.CurrentY = Control.Top + 2400 ' + 2400 allows space for title
If Control.Name Like "lbl*" Then
Printer.Print Control.Caption & ":" 'print label captions and a ":"
Else
Printer.Print Control.Text ' prints contents of text box
End If
End If
Next Control
.EndDoc
End With
MsgBox "Printed!"
Exit Sub
print_err:
MsgBox "Error in printing tender details."
Exit Sub
End Sub