====== Wysiwyg printing ability on richtextbox ====== This allows you to print the contents of a RichTetBox in a WYSIWYG manner. Create a new class that inherits RichTextBox and type in the code: Imports System Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices Imports System.Drawing.Printing Public Class RichTextBoxEx Inherits RichTextBox Private Structure STRUCT_RECT Public left As Int32 Public top As Int32 Public right As Int32 Public bottom As Int32 End Structure Private Structure STRUCT_CHARRANGE Public cpMin As Int32 Public cpMax As Int32 End Structure Private Structure STRUCT_FORMATRANGE Public hdc As IntPtr Public hdcTarget As IntPtr Public rc As STRUCT_RECT Public rcPage As STRUCT_RECT Public chrg As STRUCT_CHARRANGE End Structure Private Shared Function SendMessage(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal msg As Int32, ByVal wParam As Int32, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As Int32 End Function Private Const WM_USER As Int32 = &H400& Private Const EM_FORMATRANGE As Int32 = WM_USER + 57 Public Function FormatRange(ByVal measureOnly As Boolean, _ ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs, _ ByVal charFrom As Integer, _ ByVal charTo As Integer) As Integer Dim cr As STRUCT_CHARRANGE cr.cpMin = charFrom cr.cpMax = charTo Dim rc As STRUCT_RECT rc.top = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Top) rc.bottom = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Bottom) rc.left = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Left) rc.right = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Right) Dim rcPage As STRUCT_RECT rcPage.top = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Top) rcPage.bottom = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Bottom) rcPage.left = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Left) rcPage.right = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Right) Dim hdc As IntPtr hdc = e.Graphics.GetHdc() Dim fr As STRUCT_FORMATRANGE fr.chrg = cr fr.hdc = hdc fr.hdcTarget = hdc fr.rc = rc fr.rcPage = rcPage Dim wParam As Int32 If measureOnly Then wParam = 0 Else wParam = 1 End If Dim lParam As IntPtr lParam = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(fr)) Marshal.StructureToPtr(fr, lParam, False) Dim res As Integer res = SendMessage(Handle, EM_FORMATRANGE, wParam, lParam) Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(lParam) e.Graphics.ReleaseHdc(hdc) Return res End Function Private Function HundredthInchToTwips(ByVal n As Integer) As Int32 Return Convert.ToInt32(n * 14.4) End Function Public Sub FormatRangeDone() Dim lParam As New IntPtr(0) SendMessage(Handle, EM_FORMATRANGE, 0, lParam) End Sub Private Structure STRUCT_CHARFORMAT Public cbSize As Integer Public dwMask As UInt32 Public dwEffects As UInt32 Public yHeight As Int32 Public yOffset As Int32 Public crTextColor As Int32 Public bCharSet As Byte Public bPitchAndFamily As Byte _ Public szFaceName As Char() End Structure End Class And use this code to do the actual printing: Private Sub ToolPrint_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolPrint.Click Dim printDoc As New Printing.PrintDocument() AddHandler printDoc.BeginPrint, AddressOf printDoc_BeginPrint AddHandler printDoc.PrintPage, AddressOf printDoc_PrintPage AddHandler printDoc.EndPrint, AddressOf printDoc_EndPrint printDoc.Print() End Sub Private m_nFirstCharOnPage As Integer Private Sub printDoc_BeginPrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs) m_nFirstCharOnPage = 0 End Sub Private Sub printDoc_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) m_nFirstCharOnPage = RTBe.FormatRange(False, e, m_nFirstCharOnPage, RTBe.TextLength) If (m_nFirstCharOnPage < RTBe.TextLength) Then e.HasMorePages = True Else e.HasMorePages = False End If End Sub Private Sub printDoc_EndPrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs) RTBe.FormatRangeDone() End Sub