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[ActiveX only]

The same as Print(). This method is for the use with Visual Basic. Visual Basic has problems with the keywords "Print, Write, Line and Scale". VB doesn't recognize, that these are methods and properties of an ActiveX.

The method works like Write() with the parameters (Left, Top, VFREE, VFREE).

The pen is invisible.

If the right border of the page (nRightMargin, the x2 coordinate of the Ouput Rectangle) is reached, the text is automatically broken to the next line; the new starting coordinate is then again x. This function does a lot of calculations and is time-consuming in relation to Write() or WriteBox() not using VFREE.

method VpeCoord VPE.VpePrint(

VpeCoord Left,

VpeCoord Top,

string Text

)

VpeCoord Left, Top

position

string Text

the text to output

Returns:

the bottom y-coordinate generated by the output

Remarks:

see also Write

 

It is not possible to change font styles within one string. For such need, you should
use the Professional Edition, which can interpret and display Rich Text Format (RTF).
 

VPE offers several methods to attach an object's position to margins and relative to the position of previously inserted objects. In addition Text, Rich Text and Picture objects are able to compute their dimensions automatically depending on their visual content.
For details please see "Dynamic Positioning" in the Programmer's Manual.

 

If the very first character of the output string is a '[' (square bracket), VPE expects a sequence of Embedded Flags. In order to print a square bracket as the very first character, output two consecutive square brackets, i.e. '[['. For details, see "Embedded Flag-Setting" in the Programmer's Manual.