This Delphi procedure sends the text contained in a multiline editbox (memo in Delphi lingo) to a printer. The font and font size can be specified.
TextOut to Printer
// send the lines of a multiline editbox (memo) to the printer
// the form contains at least three components:
// a Button, a MemoBox named TotalCost and a PrintDialog
// note that BLANK is just a space character
// Delphi 3.0
procedure TForm1.PrintTotalButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
var
POutput: TextFile;
k: Integer;
begin
if PrintDialog1.Execute then
begin
AssignPrn(POutput);
Rewrite(POutput);
Printer.Canvas.Font.Name := 'Courier New';
Printer.Canvas.Font.Size := 8;
Writeln(POutput,BLANK);
Writeln(POutput,BLANK);
Writeln(POutput,BLANK);
for k := 0 to TotalCost.Lines.Count - 1 do
Writeln(POutput, ' ' + TotalCost.Lines[k]);
CloseFile(POutput);
end;
end;
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