Print Text Maintaining Tab Stops

[Ed Bitzer]

I can locate tab stops in a RichTextBox but have not found a way to
maintain that positioning when I print. At the Knowledge Discovery
Keys Site (http://www.kdkeys.net/forums/3122/ShowPost.aspx) Baily
explains that character printing isn't really supported in VB .Net,
the TAB method does not apply. The DrawString method is used to send
strings to the printer. He notes a workaround is to write out the
content to a file (where the TAB method is sill supported) in the same
fashion as it would have been sent to the printer, and then stream
this to the printer.



I have tried this using his code attempting to take a simple text file
with some tabs, read it into a stream and then print - but the tabs
are gone. Appreciate a pointer to any code that might accomplish.



Ed

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/wnf_RichTextBox.asp

Ken
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I can locate tab stops in a RichTextBox but have not found a way to
maintain that positioning when I print. At the Knowledge Discovery
Keys Site (http://www.kdkeys.net/forums/3122/ShowPost.aspx) Baily
explains that character printing isn't really supported in VB .Net,
the TAB method does not apply. The DrawString method is used to send
strings to the printer. He notes a workaround is to write out the
content to a file (where the TAB method is sill supported) in the same
fashion as it would have been sent to the printer, and then stream
this to the printer.



I have tried this using his code attempting to take a simple text file
with some tabs, read it into a stream and then print - but the tabs
are gone. Appreciate a pointer to any code that might accomplish.



Ed

 

[Ed Bitzer]

Ken,

Heavy.... looks like the answer but wonder if this old retired guy and
learn some new tricks. Thanks - I'll start studying

Ed