TPlusMemoPrinter component

 Unit

pmprint

Declaration (partial)

type

    TPlusMemoPrinter = class(TComponent);

Description

TPlusMemoPrinter is a non-visual component to help printing the content of a TPlusMemo with programmable margins, header, footer, line spacing and number of columns.  It can also show a screen preview, which includes the user interface elements for setting margins print range and number of columns.

To use this component, place a TPlusMemoPrinter on your form, set its property MemoToPrint to a TPlusMemo instance, set the margins in inches (either at design time or at runtime) and call method Print or Preview from your application.  The line spacing can be set in inches (positive values of LineSpacing property) or in line height units (negative values, for example -2.0 means double interline).  The preview, as well as the printout, can be made multicolumn through properties GutterWidth and Columns.

A page break character (#12) at the start of a paragraph will produce a page break in the printout.  It is possible for the user to enter such a page break character by typing Ctrl-P.

Key properties

  Run-time only

	Columns	Determines the number of columns in the printout;
	CurrentPage	A read only property that returns the page number being currently printed;
	Footer	A string property for the footer text;
	FooterAlign	Controls the horizontal alignment of the footer;
	FooterFont	Selects the font for the footer;
	FooterYPos	Controls the vertical position of the footer;
	GutterWidth	Controls the horizontal spacing between columns in inches;
	Header	A string property for the header text;
	HeaderAlign	The horizontal alignment of the header;
	HeaderFont	The header's font;
	HeaderYPos	The header's vertical position;
	LineNumbers	Controls whether line numbers are printed at the left of each line;
	LineSpacing	Controls the line spacing in the printout;
	MarginBottom	The printout bottom margin;
	MarginLeft	The printout left margin;
	MarginRight	The printout right margin;
	MarginTop	The printout top margin;
	MemoToPrint	The TPlusMemo component whose content we want to print;
	PageCount	The number of pages in the printout;
	PageHeight	The printed page height in pixels;
	PageWidth	The printed page width in pixels;
	ParagraphNumbers	Controls if paragraph numbers are printed at the left of each paragraph;
	PlainText	When set to True, prints plain text only, without dynamic or static formatting;
	PreviewTitle	The title of the preview window;
	PrintStartPage	The number of the first page that was printed in the last print job;
	PrintTitle	The name of the print job;
	StartingLineNumber	The starting line number to print if LineNumbers is True;
	StartingPageNumber	The number to print on the first page of the printout;
	WordWrap	Controls whether paragraphs are wrapped on consecutive lines or truncated, when they don't fit in the horizontal extent defined by the margins.

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