by Ben Jimenez (2 Submissions)
Category: String Manipulation
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Tue 24th July 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Print text from a multi-line text box to a printer with line-wrap. If you need to print the contents of a text box to the printer, but are not
API Declarations
Public newL As String
VBcoders
'This sub will take the text of entry and create the new value of newL which
'will include line breaks. You can adjust the length of the line break by
'increasing or decreasing the MaxChar value. This was modified from the original
'version that was posted on lbnews groups as wrap1.zip on Yahoo
Dim ist As Integer
Dim MaxChar As Integer
Dim CrLf As String
Dim oldL As String
Dim lne As String
Dim nst As Integer
CrLf = Chr(13) + Chr(10)
MaxChar = 70
oldL = entry
newL = ""
ist = 1
While ist < Len(oldL)
nst = InStr(ist, oldL, CrLf)
If nst = 0 Then
lne = Mid(oldL, ist)
ist = Len(oldL)
Else
lne = Mid(oldL, ist, nst - ist)
ist = nst + 2
If lne = "" Then newL = newL + CrLf
End If
While lne <> ""
If Len(lne) <= MaxChar Then
newL = newL + lne + CrLf
lne = ""
Else
If InStr(lne, " ") < 1 Then
newL = newL + Left(lne, MaxChar) + CrLf
lne = Mid(lne, MaxChar + 1)
Else
Char$ = ""
Index = MaxChar + 1
While Char <> " "
Char = Mid(lne, Index, 1)
Index = Index - 1
Wend
newL = newL + Left(lne, Index + 1) + CrLf
lne = Mid(lne, Index + 2)
End If
End If
Wend
Wend
End Sub
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