Using the Printer Object to Print a Grid Control's Contents

• Microsoft Visual Basic Standard and Professional Editions for Windows, versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

SUMMARY

The example program in this article shows you how to print the contents of a grid control using the Printer object.

MORE INFORMATION

The example code prints a line border around the grid if the grid control BorderStyle is set to 1 and prints grid lines between the cells if GridLines is set to True.

Steps to Create Example Program

1. Start Visual Basic or from the File menu, choose New Project (ALT, F, N) if Visual Basic is already running.



2. From the File menu, choose Add File. Select GRID.VBX. The Grid tool appears in the Toolbox.



3. Place a grid (Grid1) on Form1. Set the Cols and Rows properties to 6.



4. Add the following code to the Form1 Click event:

   
      Sub Form_Click ()
         ' Add sample data to the grid
         Dim i, j
         For i = 0 To Grid1.Cols - 1
            For j = 0 To Grid1.Rows - 1
               Grid1.Col = i
               Grid1.Row = j
               Grid1.Text = Format$(i + j + i ^ j)
            Next
         Next
         ' Print the data
         Call Grid_Print(Grid1)
         Printer.EndDoc
      End Sub
    




5. Add the following code to the general declarations section:

   
      Sub Grid_Print (grid As Control)
         Dim tppx As Integer  ' alias TwipsPerPixelX
         Dim tppy As Integer  ' alias TwipsPerPixelY
         tppx = Printer.TwipsPerPixelX
         tppy = Printer.TwipsPerPixelY
         Dim Col As Integer   ' index to grid columns
         Dim Row As Integer   ' index to grid rows
         Dim x0 As Single     ' upper left corner
         Dim y0 As Single     '   "
         Dim x1 As Single     ' position of text
         Dim y1  As Single    '   "
         Dim x2  As Single    ' position of grid lines
         Dim y2  As Single    '   "
   
         ' set upper left corner
         x0 = Printer.CurrentX
         y0 = Printer.CurrentY
   
         ' draw the border around the grid
         If grid.BorderStyle <> 0 Then
            Printer.Line -Step(grid.Width - tppx, grid.Height - tppy), , B
            x0 = x0 + tppx
            y0 = y0 + tppy
         End If
   
         ' draw the text in the grid
         x1 = x0
         For Col = 0 To grid.Cols - 1
            ' skip non-visible columns
            If Col >= grid.FixedCols And Col < grid.LeftCol Then
               Col = grid.LeftCol
            End If
            ' stop if outside grid
            If x1 + grid.ColWidth(Col) >= grid.Width Then Exit For
            y1 = y0
            For Row = 0 To grid.Rows - 1
               ' skip non-visible columns
               If Row >= grid.FixedRows And Row < grid.TopRow Then
                  Row = grid.TopRow
               End If
               ' stop if outside grid
               If y1 + grid.RowHeight(Row) >= grid.Height Then Exit For
               ' set position to print the cell
               Printer.CurrentX = x1 + tppx * 2
               Printer.CurrentY = y1 + tppy
               ' print cell text
               grid.Col = Col
               grid.Row = Row
               Printer.Print grid.Text
               ' advance to next row
               y1 = y1 + grid.RowHeight(Row)
               If grid.GridLines Then
                  y1 = y1 + tppy
               End If
            Next
            ' advance to next column
            x1 = x1 + grid.ColWidth(Col)
            If grid.GridLines Then
               x1 = x1 + tppx
            End If
         Next
   
         ' draw grid lines
         If grid.GridLines Then
            x2 = x0
            y2 = y0
            For Col = 0 To grid.Cols - 1
               ' skip non-visible columns
               If Col >= grid.FixedCols And Col < grid.LeftCol Then
                  Col = grid.LeftCol
               End If
               x2 = x2 + grid.ColWidth(Col)
               ' stop if outside grid
               If x2 >= grid.Width Then Exit For
               Printer.Line (x2, y0)-Step(0, y1 - tppy)
               x2 = x2 + tppx
            Next
            For Row = 0 To grid.Rows - 1
               ' skip non-visible rows
               If Row >= grid.FixedRows And Row < grid.TopRow Then
                  Row = grid.TopRow
               End If
               y2 = y2 + grid.RowHeight(Row)
               ' stop if outside grid
               If y2 >= grid.Height Then Exit For
               Printer.Line (x0, y2)-Step(x1 - tppx, 0)
               y2 = y2 + tppy
            Next
         End If
      End Sub
    




6. Press the F5 key to run the program. Click Form1 to fill the grid with sample data and print the grid.

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Last Reviewed: May 27, 1999