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Hi I have created an application of a textbox,
in which a user enters some text in the textbox and on clicking a 'Print' button
the text is directly stored into the memory and a print out is created.

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A quick, practical summary that builds on 's hint plus 's follow-up about character limits.

A simple printing flow for a WinForms textbox: capture the textbox text into a string, create a PrintDocument, handle its PrintPage event to draw the text onto the page, and show a PrintDialog so the user can pick a printer. For short, single‑page text you can draw the whole string into e.MarginBounds; for longer text implement pagination by measuring how many characters fit and setting e.HasMorePages (see the Microsoft printing guidance below).

// capture text then print (simple, single-page example)
string toPrint = textBox1.Text;

var pd = new PrintDocument();
pd.PrintPage += (s, e) =>
{
    using (var font = new Font("Segoe UI", 10))
    {
        var layout = e.MarginBounds;
        e.Graphics.DrawString(toPrint, font, Brushes.Black, layout);
    }
};

using (var dlg = new PrintDialog { Document = pd })
{
    if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        pd.Print();
}

To limit characters in a TextBox use the MaxLength property (for multiline boxes it caps total characters). Example: textBox1.MaxLength = 200;. If you must handle pasted text or enforce more complex rules, validate in TextChanged and truncate or restore the cursor position.

If you need formatted output, use a RichTextBox printing helper or implement EM_FORMATRANGE to preserve RTF. For pagination, look up PrintDocument.PrintPage and examples of measuring strings and looping across pages.

References: and TextBoxBase.MaxLength property.

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Are you asking how to print the text? Look in the the PrintDialog and richTextBox controls.

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Are you asking how to print the text? Look in the the PrintDialog and richTextBox controls.

Yes!

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Hi,how to limit numbers of characters in a textbox?

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