With the PrintPreview, you can replace your printer object in all your code with this great enhancement to VB.
You will be able to :
You can preview your printed text on the screen.
Use Print Preview in Office (Excel, Outlook, Access...).
Use Print Preview in .NET in VB.NET and C#.
Want a Preview in Powercobol, Foxpro, Delphi, C++, Powerbuilder? Use the Print Preview.
You can save your preview to RTF, PDF, XML, JPG, GIF, BMP, HTML, Text...
Create easy reports.
Define your reports using the frame system.
You can configure and preview tables.
Preview & Print of all types of Barcode.
You can zoom/unzoom the pages (like in the Word).
You can preview 2 pages at one time.
You can of course print the text.
You can save the text in a structured file in XML format.
You can reload saved preview.
Print Preview support 16 languages for the whole interface.
You can load text file and preview them.
Import easily Excel files.
Copy the preview to the clipboard.
When you double click on the page number, you can go directly to a specified page.
Load, preview and print bitmaps at any position.
Make report based on data provided by you through APIs.
Preview in1 line Grid, DBGrid, Flexgrid.
Customize the toolbar of the Preview.
Possibility to use styles to format the text in the simplest way of use.
Automatic alignment to left, center, right.
Help file with a lot of samples.
You can create a report based on a database and a query, The Print Preview will do all for you.
Enhanced graphics possibilities : CheckBox, RadioButton, elipse, rounded rect...
Word Wrap and enhanced formatting capabilities for long lines.
Works with Chinese, Hebrew, Arab... character set.
Improved interface with great features.
You can set the zoom directly in your application.
You can setup all the user interface to interact with your user.
You can add rotated text with any angle you want.
The Print Preview looks like Internet Explorer.
Added a custom button. You can add your own code behind this custom button, an event is generated.
Set The tooltips of the custom button.
You can make use of bullets and all drawing system.
Preview of PictureBox directly from meory, instead of using files.
Configure the icon in the status bar.
Show or hide the arrows button.
Preview of RTF files.
Export your Preview to RTF.
Support for the MouseWheel.
Print Watermark in the background.
RightToLeft support for Hebrew & Arab.
PreviewForm to preview easily your VB Forms.
Possibility to justify easily your text.
Debugging output of your Preview.
New tabular report possibilities.
Facilities for output of block text added.
Text processing (parametric substitution).
Choose the color of the watermark.
Revised Help File.
New Introduction of PrintPreview with examples.
... Many other features
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