Question...

I am currently using the "printer.print" functions to print "static text" along with variable data that is stored in a database with column headers.  Is there anyway to apply character styles like bold, underline, italics within a line; for example; printer.print <BoldON> "My text goes here" <BoldOff>?

Also, if you are using a font like times roman, how can you figure right alignment if the characters are not = in width?

Thanks.

Hi there stacey,

I'm a little rusjed at the moment, but stick the following code underneath a button, and try it out, it should be all the code you need to invoke BOLD/ITALICS etc, and it will right align your text.

Private Sub Command1_Click() Printer.FontName = "Times New Roman" Printer.FontSize = "16" Printer.CurrentX = Printer.ScaleWidth - Printer.TextWidth("123456") Printer.Print "123456" Printer.FontBold = True Printer.CurrentX = Printer.ScaleWidth - Printer.TextWidth("12345") Printer.Print "12345" Printer.FontBold = False Printer.FontItalic = True Printer.CurrentX = Printer.ScaleWidth - Printer.TextWidth("1234") Printer.Print "1234" Printer.FontItalic = False Printer.FontUnderline = True Printer.CurrentX = Printer.ScaleWidth - Printer.TextWidth("123") Printer.Print "123" Printer.FontUnderline = False Printer.EndDoc End Sub

Any problems, post back

Regards

Shady

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