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PrintForm Forum only!!

• Alex-MyRpg

  I want to print a form using the PrintForm utility. It works fine but there is an important detail I can't manage which did work in VB6.

  Specifically, when I push the button that invokes PrintForm I want to change the background colors of all the labels and the form itself so that the printer is only doing black and white (the form as originally displayed has colors). This operation takes place in a Command Box brought over from a VB6 conversion. This is a simplified version

  Command1_Click

  'change colors to black or white

  label1.backcolor= color.black

  label2.backcolor=color.white

  me.backcolor=color.white

  PrintForm1()

  label1.backcolor=color.RoyalBlue 'original color of the display

  label2.backcolor=color.Gainsboro

  me.backcolor = color.Gainsboro

  End Sub

  But this does not work. The form prints as it was on the screen when the Command box was clicked. Any ideas how to accomplish this

  Interestingly, if I create a button containing the PrintForm1 command , change the background color of the form in the command button and then give the button the focus out of the command box, then the form will print out white but none of labels will have changed from the original form. See below

  Command1_Click

  label1.backcolor= color.black

  label2.backcolor=color.white

  me.backcolor=color.white

  button1.visible=true

  button1.focus

  endsub

  Button1_Enter

  PrintForm1()

  endsub

  Thanks

  
  

• bryanedds

  You were right. Everything works fine now.

  Thanks

  
  

• PiaMaria

  I believe this is just a timing issue.

  If you call me.Refresh() after changing the backcolor it will solve the problem. Also the PrintForm component contains two methods of capturing the form. I found it I used this override it works fine also:

  PrintForm1.Print(Me, PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.PrintOption.ClientAreaOnly)

  
  
  

• msaeedf

  Many thanks! Not seen that there was and help document and a sample project installed on my Pc.

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• jhidey

  Hi all:

  I want printing form this printfomr1 component but no print quickly to my paper.

  my paper size is width:8cmxheigh:14 or label size. whhat do you do for print this paper or label

  my printer is HP laserjet 1320

  thanks for resolve this peoblem

  
  

• AfCo

  Feel free to ask your PrintForm questions in this forum.

  The help document and sample project should be installed to your Program Files\Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs\Printing\PrintForm Component 1.0.

  Keep in mind this component is just designed to print the image of Windows Form and may not meet all of your printing needs. For that you should look into PrintDocuments:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingprintingprintdocumentclasstopic.asp

  
  
  
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