AR Print ActiveX Library

This library will allow you to print simple text in the printer you select, using any font and specifying margins and orientation for the paper.

Note: Besides the standard Visual Basic 6.0 run-times libraries, this component also needs the RichTextControl libraries. Look at ARPrintLib.DEP in the zip file.

History:

17.11.1998, version 1.01 released.

Properties:

Code. It is only there for compatibility reasons. Forget about it.
TopMargin, BottomMargin, LeftMargin and RightMargin, are the margins that will have the printed page, given in twips. There are 1440 twips per logical inch.
Font. Font that will be used to print. If you want to access extended properties of the font (like underline and so), do it through this object.
FontName. Name of the font that will be used to print.
FontSize. Size of the font that will be used to print.
Orientation. Orientation of the paper: portrait or landscape.
PrinterDriverName (read-only). Driver that will be used to print.
SelPrinter. This is the printer that will be used to print.

Methods:

PrintText (sText as String). This will print the text passed in the sText variable. Doesn't return anything.
PrintFile (sPath as String). This method will open the specified file and print its contents. Returns True when succesful and False if it fails.

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