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Problems printing a simple textfile from Delphi

This is the first time I try to do this. Printing a textfile from a Delphi program. I'm not sure if I'm doing it the right way. I read the textfile line by line and copy the read line in a variable (string) then I call the method printer.canvas.textout(x,y,string) in which x and y are variables updated elsewhere in the program. The debugger shows that the string is filled with lines from the textfile,but the method don't seem to work properly,because all I get after sending the job with printer.enddoc is an empty page. The debugger shows that the canvas is not updated by the method. I suppose I forgot something. Any body can help me out?

icampbe1

Put a PrintDialog on your form and then:

USES Printers;

IF PrintDialog1.Execute THEN BEGIN
WITH Printer DO BEGIN
BeginDoc;
....
canvas.TextOut( x, y, str );
.....
EndDoc;
END; {Of with printer}
END;

This should work for you.
Cheers,
Ian C.

lizzzard

ASKER

What Icambe suggested is already the way I coded it. That's why I can't figure out why my printer doesn't print anything. (And eh.. it's not that I'm out of ink.)

M_Hoeper

Please send your whole print code.

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lizzzard

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Ok,problem solved. Thx