Imports System Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices Imports System.Drawing.Printing ' An extension to RichTextBox suitable for printing Public Class RichTextBoxEx Inherits RichTextBox _ Private Structure STRUCT_RECT Public left As Int32 Public top As Int32 Public right As Int32 Public bottom As Int32 End Structure _ Private Structure STRUCT_CHARRANGE Public cpMin As Int32 Public cpMax As Int32 End Structure _ Private Structure STRUCT_FORMATRANGE Public hdc As IntPtr Public hdcTarget As IntPtr Public rc As STRUCT_RECT Public rcPage As STRUCT_RECT Public chrg As STRUCT_CHARRANGE End Structure _ Private Structure STRUCT_CHARFORMAT Public cbSize As Integer Public dwMask As UInt32 Public dwEffects As UInt32 Public yHeight As Int32 Public yOffset As Int32 Public crTextColor As Int32 Public bCharSet As Byte Public bPitchAndFamily As Byte _ Public szFaceName() As Char End Structure _ Private Shared Function SendMessage(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _ ByVal msg As Int32, _ ByVal wParam As Int32, _ ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As Int32 End Function ' Windows Message defines Private Const WM_USER As Int32 = &H400& Private Const EM_FORMATRANGE As Int32 = WM_USER + 57 Private Const EM_GETCHARFORMAT As Int32 = WM_USER + 58 Private Const EM_SETCHARFORMAT As Int32 = WM_USER + 68 ' Defines for EM_GETCHARFORMAT/EM_SETCHARFORMAT Private SCF_SELECTION As Int32 = &H1& Private SCF_WORD As Int32 = &H2& Private SCF_ALL As Int32 = &H4& ' Defines for STRUCT_CHARFORMAT member dwMask ' (Long because UInt32 is not an intrinsic type) Private Const CFM_BOLD As Long = &H1& Private Const CFM_ITALIC As Long = &H2& Private Const CFM_UNDERLINE As Long = &H4& Private Const CFM_STRIKEOUT As Long = &H8& Private Const CFM_PROTECTED As Long = &H10& Private Const CFM_LINK As Long = &H20& Private Const CFM_SIZE As Long = &H80000000& Private Const CFM_COLOR As Long = &H40000000& Private Const CFM_FACE As Long = &H20000000& Private Const CFM_OFFSET As Long = &H10000000& Private Const CFM_CHARSET As Long = &H8000000& ' Defines for STRUCT_CHARFORMAT member dwEffects Private Const CFE_BOLD As Long = &H1& Private Const CFE_ITALIC As Long = &H2& Private Const CFE_UNDERLINE As Long = &H4& Private Const CFE_STRIKEOUT As Long = &H8& Private Const CFE_PROTECTED As Long = &H10& Private Const CFE_LINK As Long = &H20& Private Const CFE_AUTOCOLOR As Long = &H40000000& ' Calculate or render the contents of our RichTextBox for printing ' ' Parameter "measureOnly": If true, only the calculation is performed, ' otherwise the text is rendered as well ' Parameter "e": The PrintPageEventArgs object from the PrintPage event ' Parameter "charFrom": Index of first character to be printed ' Parameter "charTo": Index of last character to be printed ' Return value: (Index of last character that fitted on the page) + 1 Public Function FormatRange(ByVal measureOnly As Boolean, _ ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs, _ ByVal charFrom As Integer, _ ByVal charTo As Integer) As Integer ' Specify which characters to print Dim cr As STRUCT_CHARRANGE cr.cpMin = charFrom cr.cpMax = charTo ' Specify the area inside page margins Dim rc As STRUCT_RECT rc.top = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Top) rc.bottom = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Bottom) rc.left = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Left) rc.right = HundredthInchToTwips(e.MarginBounds.Right) ' Specify the page area Dim rcPage As STRUCT_RECT rcPage.top = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Top) rcPage.bottom = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Bottom) rcPage.left = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Left) rcPage.right = HundredthInchToTwips(e.PageBounds.Right) ' Get device context of output device Dim hdc As IntPtr hdc = e.Graphics.GetHdc() ' Fill in the FORMATRANGE structure Dim fr As STRUCT_FORMATRANGE fr.chrg = cr fr.hdc = hdc fr.hdcTarget = hdc fr.rc = rc fr.rcPage = rcPage ' Non-Zero wParam means render, Zero means measure Dim wParam As Int32 If measureOnly Then wParam = 0 Else wParam = 1 End If ' Allocate memory for the FORMATRANGE struct and ' copy the contents of our struct to this memory Dim lParam As IntPtr lParam = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(fr)) Marshal.StructureToPtr(fr, lParam, False) ' Send the actual Win32 message Dim res As Integer res = SendMessage(Handle, EM_FORMATRANGE, wParam, lParam) ' Free allocated memory Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(lParam) ' and release the device context e.Graphics.ReleaseHdc(hdc) Return res End Function ' Convert between 1/100 inch (unit used by the .NET framework) ' and twips (1/1440 inch, used by Win32 API calls) ' ' Parameter "n": Value in 1/100 inch ' Return value: Value in twips Private Function HundredthInchToTwips(ByVal n As Integer) As Int32 Return Convert.ToInt32(n * 14.4) End Function ' Free cached data from rich edit control after printing Public Sub FormatRangeDone() Dim lParam As New IntPtr(0) SendMessage(Handle, EM_FORMATRANGE, 0, lParam) End Sub ' Sets the font only for the selected part of the rich text box ' without modifying the other properties like size or style ' Name of the font to use ' true on success, false on failure Public Function SetSelectionFont(ByVal face as String) As Boolean Dim cf As New STRUCT_CHARFORMAT() cf.cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(cf) cf.dwMask = Convert.ToUInt32(CFM_FACE) ' ReDim face name to relevant size ReDim cf.szFaceName(32) face.CopyTo(0, cf.szFaceName, 0, Math.Min(31, face.Length)) Dim lParam As IntPtr lParam = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(cf)) Marshal.StructureToPtr(cf, lParam, False) Dim res As Integer res = SendMessage(Handle, EM_SETCHARFORMAT, SCF_SELECTION, lParam) If (res = 0) Then Return True Else Return False End If End Function ' Sets the font size only for the selected part of the rich text box ' without modifying the other properties like font or style ' new point size to use ' true on success, false on failure Public Function SetSelectionSize(ByVal size As Integer) As Boolean Dim cf As New STRUCT_CHARFORMAT() cf.cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(cf) cf.dwMask = Convert.ToUInt32(CFM_SIZE) ' yHeight is in 1/20 pt cf.yHeight = size * 20 Dim lParam As IntPtr lParam = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(cf)) Marshal.StructureToPtr(cf, lParam, False) Dim res As Integer res = SendMessage(Handle, EM_SETCHARFORMAT, SCF_SELECTION, lParam) If (res = 0) Then Return True Else Return False End If End Function ' Sets the bold style only for the selected part of the rich text box ' without modifying the other properties like font or size ' make selection bold (true) or regular (false) ' true on success, false on failure Public Function SetSelectionBold(ByVal bold As Boolean) As Boolean If (bold) Then Return SetSelectionStyle(CFM_BOLD, CFE_BOLD) Else Return SetSelectionStyle(CFM_BOLD, 0) End If End Function ' Sets the italic style only for the selected part of the rich text box ' without modifying the other properties like font or size ' make selection italic (true) or regular (false) ' true on success, false on failure Public Function SetSelectionItalic(ByVal italic As Boolean) As Boolean If (italic) Then Return SetSelectionStyle(CFM_ITALIC, CFE_ITALIC) Else Return SetSelectionStyle(CFM_ITALIC, 0) End If End Function ' Sets the underlined style only for the selected part of the rich text box ' without modifying the other properties like font or size ' make selection underlined (true) or regular (false) ' true on success, false on failure Public Function SetSelectionUnderlined(ByVal underlined As Boolean) As Boolean If (underlined) Then Return SetSelectionStyle(CFM_UNDERLINE, CFE_UNDERLINE) Else Return SetSelectionStyle(CFM_UNDERLINE, 0) End If End Function ' Set the style only for the selected part of the rich text box ' with the possibility to mask out some styles that are not to be modified ' modify which styles? ' new values for the styles ' true on success, false on failure Private Function SetSelectionStyle(ByVal mask As Int32, ByVal effect As Int32) As Boolean Dim cf As New STRUCT_CHARFORMAT() cf.cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(cf) cf.dwMask = Convert.ToUInt32(mask) cf.dwEffects = Convert.ToUInt32(effect) Dim lParam As IntPtr lParam = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(cf)) Marshal.StructureToPtr(cf, lParam, False) Dim res As Integer res = SendMessage(Handle, EM_SETCHARFORMAT, SCF_SELECTION, lParam) If (res = 0) Then Return True Else Return False End If End Function Public Sub New(ByRef cbo As RichTextBox) Me.Anchor = cbo.Anchor Me.BackColor = cbo.BackColor Me.BackgroundImage = cbo.BackgroundImage Me.CausesValidation = cbo.CausesValidation Me.ContextMenu = cbo.ContextMenu Me.Dock = cbo.Dock Me.Enabled = cbo.Enabled Me.Font = cbo.Font Me.ForeColor = cbo.ForeColor Me.MaxLength = cbo.MaxLength Me.Text = cbo.Text Me.TabStop = cbo.TabStop Me.Visible = cbo.Visible Me.Location = cbo.Location Me.Size = cbo.Size Me.TabIndex = cbo.TabIndex Dim parent As Object = cbo.Parent parent.Controls.Remove(cbo) parent.Controls.Add(Me) End Sub End Class