On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:58:22 -0500, Hal Rosser wrote:

>> Hal, since you're awake and responding.  I've gotten parts to work,  I'm
>> printing to a pdf since I can't get to the real printer from inside this
>> virtual system (for some reason).  The MSDN (VB6 June 2000) I have, has no
>> examples - and I'm back to not being able to see how to put the pieces
>> together.  BTW in VB6 it's Printer.Font.Name and Printer.Font.Size.  I
> 
> *******************
> No, its Printer.FontName and  Printer.FontSize - like I said at first
Actually, it's either ... which is no help to the confusion factor.  If, in
VB6, I use the auto complete feature, Printer.FontName and
Printer.Font.Name both show and apparently do the same thing 

> 
> reference:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vb98/dt_vbobjPrinter_P.asp
Thanks ... that helps a lot.  ((I do much better understanding examples
than MS's text explanations.))

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> You can keep an eye on the currentX and currentY properties so you'll know
> where the pointer is
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>>
>> Suggestions???
> 
> see the msdn - properties of the printer object
> 
> google this
>  "msdn printer object printers collection"
> 
> Once you figure it out - you'll see that you can print anything anywhere on
> the page - in any order

I see that, it's just that I'd rather not have to re-invent the wheel if I
can find ways around it.  I'll go 'play' with this for a while and see if I
can make sense out of it.  'preciate your patience //al


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