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Shows how to set Up the RichTextBox Control for WYSIWYG Printing

Shows how to set Up the RichTextBox Control for WYSIWYG Printing

API Declarations


Left As Long
Top As Long
Right As Long
Bottom As Long
End Type

Private Type CharRange
cpMin As Long ' First character of range (0 for start of doc)
cpMax As Long ' Last character of range (-1 for end of doc)
End Type

Private Type FormatRange
hdc As Long ' Actual DC to draw on
hdcTarget As Long ' Target DC for determining text formatting
rc As Rect ' Region of the DC to draw to (in twips)
rcPage As Rect ' Region of the entire DC (page size) (in twips)
chrg As CharRange ' Range of text to draw (see above declaration)
End Type

Private Const WM_USER As Long = &H400
Private Const EM_FORMATRANGE As Long = WM_USER + 57
Private Const EM_SETTARGETDEVICE As Long = WM_USER + 72
Private Const PHYSICALOFFSETX As Long = 112
Private Const PHYSICALOFFSETY As Long = 113

Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" ( _
ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "USER32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, ByVal wp As Long, _
lp As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateDC Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateDCA" _
(ByVal lpDriverName As String, ByVal lpDeviceName As String, _
ByVal lpOutput As Long, ByVal lpInitData As Long) As Long



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Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()
   Dim LineWidth As Long

   ' Initialize Form and Command button
   Me.Caption = "Rich Text Box WYSIWYG Printing Example"
   Command1.Move 10, 10, 600, 380
   Command1.Caption = "&Print"

   ' Set the font of the RTF to a TrueType font for best results
   RichTextBox1.SelFontName = "Arial"
   RichTextBox1.SelFontSize = 10

   ' Tell the RTF to base it's display off of the printer
   LineWidth = WYSIWYG_RTF(RichTextBox1, 1440, 1440) '1440 Twips=1 Inch

   ' Set the form width to match the line width
   Me.Width = LineWidth + 200
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Resize()
   ' Position the RTF on form
   RichTextBox1.Move 100, 500, Me.ScaleWidth - 200, Me.ScaleHeight - 600
End Sub

Private Sub Command1_Click()
   ' Print the contents of the RichTextBox with a one inch margin
   PrintRTF RichTextBox1, 1440, 1440, 1440, 1440 ' 1440 Twips = 1 Inch
End Sub



'Add the following code to Module1:
Option Explicit

Private Type Rect
   Left As Long
   Top As Long
   Right As Long
   Bottom As Long
End Type

Private Type CharRange
  cpMin As Long     ' First character of range (0 for start of doc)
  cpMax As Long     ' Last character of range (-1 for end of doc)
End Type

Private Type FormatRange
  hdc As Long       ' Actual DC to draw on
  hdcTarget As Long ' Target DC for determining text formatting
  rc As Rect        ' Region of the DC to draw to (in twips)
  rcPage As Rect    ' Region of the entire DC (page size) (in twips)
  chrg As CharRange ' Range of text to draw (see above declaration)
End Type

Private Const WM_USER As Long = &H400
Private Const EM_FORMATRANGE As Long = WM_USER + 57
Private Const EM_SETTARGETDEVICE As Long = WM_USER + 72
Private Const PHYSICALOFFSETX As Long = 112
Private Const PHYSICALOFFSETY As Long = 113

Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" ( _
   ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "USER32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
   (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, ByVal wp As Long, _
   lp As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateDC Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateDCA" _
   (ByVal lpDriverName As String, ByVal lpDeviceName As String, _
   ByVal lpOutput As Long, ByVal lpInitData As Long) As Long

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'
' WYSIWYG_RTF - Sets an RTF control to display itself the same as it
'               would print on the default printer
'
' RTF - A RichTextBox control to set for WYSIWYG display.
'
' LeftMarginWidth - Width of desired left margin in twips
'
' RightMarginWidth - Width of desired right margin in twips
'
' Returns - The length of a line on the printer in twips
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Public Function WYSIWYG_RTF(RTF As RichTextBox, LeftMarginWidth As Long,
_
   RightMarginWidth As Long) As Long
   Dim LeftOffset As Long, LeftMargin As Long, RightMargin As Long
   Dim LineWidth As Long
   Dim PrinterhDC As Long
   Dim r As Long

   ' Start a print job to initialize printer object
   Printer.Print Space(1)
   Printer.ScaleMode = vbTwips

   ' Get the offset to the printable area on the page in twips
   LeftOffset = Printer.ScaleX(GetDeviceCaps(Printer.hdc, _
      PHYSICALOFFSETX), vbPixels, vbTwips)

   ' Calculate the Left, and Right margins
   LeftMargin = LeftMarginWidth - LeftOffset
   RightMargin = (Printer.Width - RightMarginWidth) - LeftOffset

   ' Calculate the line width
   LineWidth = RightMargin - LeftMargin

   ' Create an hDC on the Printer pointed to by the Printer object
   ' This DC needs to remain for the RTF to keep up the WYSIWYG display
   PrinterhDC = CreateDC(Printer.DriverName, Printer.DeviceName, 0, 0)

   ' Tell the RTF to base it's display off of the printer
   '    at the desired line width
   r = SendMessage(RTF.hWnd, EM_SETTARGETDEVICE, PrinterhDC, _
      ByVal LineWidth)

   ' Abort the temporary print job used to get printer info
   Printer.KillDoc

   WYSIWYG_RTF = LineWidth
End Function

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'
' PrintRTF - Prints the contents of a RichTextBox control using the
'            provided margins
'
' RTF - A RichTextBox control to print
'
' LeftMarginWidth - Width of desired left margin in twips
'
' TopMarginHeight - Height of desired top margin in twips
'
' RightMarginWidth - Width of desired right margin in twips
'
' BottomMarginHeight - Height of desired bottom margin in twips
'
' Notes - If you are also using WYSIWYG_RTF() on the provided RTF
'         parameter you should specify the same LeftMarginWidth and
'         RightMarginWidth that you used to call WYSIWYG_RTF()
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Public Sub PrintRTF(RTF As RichTextBox, LeftMarginWidth As Long, _
   TopMarginHeight, RightMarginWidth, BottomMarginHeight)
   Dim LeftOffset As Long, TopOffset As Long
   Dim LeftMargin As Long, TopMargin As Long
   Dim RightMargin As Long, BottomMargin As Long
   Dim fr As FormatRange
   Dim rcDrawTo As Rect
   Dim rcPage As Rect
   Dim TextLength As Long
   Dim NextCharPosition As Long
   Dim r As Long

   ' Start a print job to get a valid Printer.hDC
   Printer.Print Space(1)
   Printer.ScaleMode = vbTwips

   ' Get the offsett to the printable area on the page in twips
   LeftOffset = Printer.ScaleX(GetDeviceCaps(Printer.hdc, _
      PHYSICALOFFSETX), vbPixels, vbTwips)
   TopOffset = Printer.ScaleY(GetDeviceCaps(Printer.hdc, _
      PHYSICALOFFSETY), vbPixels, vbTwips)

   ' Calculate the Left, Top, Right, and Bottom margins
   LeftMargin = LeftMarginWidth - LeftOffset
   TopMargin = TopMarginHeight - TopOffset
   RightMargin = (Printer.Width - RightMarginWidth) - LeftOffset
   BottomMargin = (Printer.Height - BottomMarginHeight) - TopOffset

   ' Set printable area rect
   rcPage.Left = 0
   rcPage.Top = 0
   rcPage.Right = Printer.ScaleWidth
   rcPage.Bottom = Printer.ScaleHeight

   ' Set rect in which to print (relative to printable area)
   rcDrawTo.Left = LeftMargin
   rcDrawTo.Top = TopMargin
   rcDrawTo.Right = RightMargin
   rcDrawTo.Bottom = BottomMargin

   ' Set up the print instructions
   fr.hdc = Printer.hdc   ' Use the same DC for measuring and rendering
   fr.hdcTarget = Printer.hdc  ' Point at printer hDC
   fr.rc = rcDrawTo            ' Indicate the area on page to draw to
   fr.rcPage = rcPage          ' Indicate entire size of page
   fr.chrg.cpMin = 0           ' Indicate start of text through
   fr.chrg.cpMax = -1          ' end of the text

   ' Get length of text in RTF
   TextLength = Len(RTF.Text)

   ' Loop printing each page until done
   Do
      ' Print the page by sending EM_FORMATRANGE message
      NextCharPosition = SendMessage(RTF.hWnd, EM_FORMATRANGE, True, fr)
      If NextCharPosition >= TextLength Then Exit Do  'If done then exit
      fr.chrg.cpMin = NextCharPosition ' Starting position for next page
      Printer.NewPage                  ' Move on to next page
      Printer.Print Space(1) ' Re-initialize hDC
      fr.hdc = Printer.hdc
      fr.hdcTarget = Printer.hdc
   Loop

   ' Commit the print job
   Printer.EndDoc

   ' Allow the RTF to free up memory
   r = SendMessage(RTF.hWnd, EM_FORMATRANGE, False, ByVal CLng(0))
End Sub