Printing controls in a picturebox

[masonad]

In the following example, how does one setup the printer for printing a shape, Line and picturebox object.

For each ctrl In myScreen.controls
If ctrl.container.name = "myPictureBox" then
If TypeOf ctrl is TextBox then
Printer.currentX = ctrl.left
Printer.currentY = ctrl.top
Printer.Print ctrl
ElseIf TypeOf ctrl is Shape then
???
ElseIf TypeOf ctrl is Line then
???
ElseIf TypeOf ctrl is Picture then
??
End If
End If
Printer.EndDoc
Next

[WizBang]

It would probably be much easier to take a screen capture of the area you want to print, and send that to the printer.

[masonad]

The area I need to capture and send to the printer is larger than the screen. It will print out a complete 8.5 x 11 inch document. I'm working with the keybd_event API, setting the form to the size of the area I am trying to capture (which exceeds the window screen), and then trying to capture all of the form with keybd_event VK_SNAPSHOT, 1&, 0&, 0&. I'm only able to capture what is visible on the screen and not all of the form. Is it possible to capture all of the form, even though it is not all showing on the screen?

[WizBang]

If you want to print an entire form, perhaps the PrintForm method will work for you. For a picturebox only, you may find this post I made to be helpfull: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showth...16#post1011416

[masonad]

The code you attached was along the lines of what I need to do but I cannot figure out how to get there. Basically, I need to take the objects in one picture box and make them the picture of another picture box. That way, I can do a printout with PaintPicture. Any suggestions?

[WizBang]

If there will only be text, lines, shapes, and images, I'd likely draw those elements via API, thus they will be part of the image.