Print is different from how my textbox looks.

Todd Vance

Hey guys,

I used Mike Gold's tute on printing on this site and it worked great for me except for one thing. I have a string that goes into a RTB -- here is the code:

amortizeString = "Payment: \t\tPrincipal: \t\tInterest: \t\tEnding Balance: \r\n";

some stuff

for (int i = 1; i < payPeriods; i++) //Iterate through the payments!

{

amortizeString += i.ToString() + " \t\t" + principalPayment.ToString() + " \t\t" + interestPayment.ToString() + " \t\t" + principalString + " \r\n";

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This iterates through my amortization -- then I finally place that string in my textbox like so :

amortizeTB.Text = amortizeString;

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So it looks just fine in my textbox but when I go to print it out, the numbers are no longer aligned with the column headers.... I am sure this is because of the paper size or something like that, but can someone tell me how to go about fixing this?

Thanks!
Todd

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Todd Vance19y ago
Sounds good! Is there an easy way to find out what words are at what location or is it a hit and miss thing?

I will work on figuring out how to do it that way! THANKS!
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Mike Gold19y ago
you have to make the changes inside the RTB itself by selecting the text you want to change and then setting the properties such as SelectionFont and SelectionColor. You can use SelectionStart and Selection Length to specify the selected text.
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Todd Vance19y ago
Ok Mike, I will look at that. Thanks much.

I wonder if I just use spaces if it might be easier.... hmmm I might also try that.

ONE Question - do you have a tute on how to make quick changes in your string going into your RTB? Like I want some words bold and some italicized... Could you point me in the direction of a tute on that??? It can't be as hard as it looks but I just can't figure it out on my own.

Thanks!
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Mike Gold19y ago
My tutorial has a special section for handling tabs that might not work quite right. I would look into Microsoft's knowledge base on the topic:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812425
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