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Example: Thumbnails

Demonstrates image printing capabilities by printing "thumbnails" of all BMP and JPG images found in /Images directory. This example was printed Landscape (sideways) to demonstrate that PrinterCE automatically adjusts all printing for Portrait or Landscape.

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Option Explicit
Const vbCenter = 2

Const vbDlgBoxUp = 0
Const vbDlgBoxDown = 1
Const vbDlgBoxDisable = 2
Const vbDlgBoxStatus = 3
Const vbDlgBoxUserCancel = 4
Const vbDlgBoxAbortError = 5

Const vbErrNone = 0
Const vbErrUserCancel = 1
Const vbErrAbortOperation = 2
Const vbErrAbortPrint = 3

Const vbTwips = 1
Const vbPoints = 2
Const vbPixels = 3
Const vbInches = 5
Const vbMillimeters = 6
Const vbCentimeters = 7

'--------------------------------------
Dim PrinterCE1
Set PrinterCE1 = CreateObject("PrEngineCE.PrinterCE")
Thumb  ' Call our subroutine
'--------------------------------------
 
Private Sub Thumb()
  AddObject "FILECTL.FileSystem","FS"
  'eVB   Dim FS As FILECTL.FileSystem
  'eVB   Set FS = CreateObject("filectl.filesystem")

  Dim nxtfile
  'Demo changing text in dialog box... could be in any language
  PrinterCE1.PrDialogBoxText "Main", "Title", "Check It Out"
  PrinterCE1.SelectPrinter
  Dim rval
  rval = PrinterCE1.PrDialogBox(vbDlgBoxUp)
  Dim dirstr
  dirstr = "/Images/"
  nxtfile = FS.Dir(dirstr & "*.*")
  PrinterCE1.ScaleMode = vbInches 'Lets do everything in inches
    
  Dim nextx, nexty, wid, ht, deltax, deltay, txtht, loopcnt
  PrinterCE1.FontSize = 10
  'Get text height of 10 points in inches scalemode
  txtht = PrinterCE1.ConvertCoord(10, vbPoints, -1) / 2
  deltax = PrinterCE1.PrPgWidth / 4
  deltay = PrinterCE1.PrPgHeight / 4
  wid = deltax * 0.8
  ht = deltay * 0.8
  PrinterCE1.JustifyHoriz = vbCenter  'Center images & text
  PrinterCE1.JustifyVert = vbCenter 
  nextx = deltax / 2
  nexty = ht / 2
  loopcnt = 0
  Do While (nxtfile <> "")
    loopcnt = loopcnt + 1
    If (loopcnt > 3) Then loopcnt = 0
        
    PrinterCE1.DrawPicture dirstr & nxtfile, nextx, nexty, wid, ht, True
    If (PrinterCE1.StatusCheck > 0) Then
      'if image didn't print... don't change x,y coords, just ignore
      If (PrinterCE1.StatusCheck <> vbErrAbortOperation) Then
         MsgBox "Operation cancelled or fatal error"
         Exit Do
      End If
    Else
      ' Reached here, lets print out file name
      PrinterCE1.DrawText nxtfile, nextx, nexty + ht / 2 + txtht
      nextx = nextx + deltax
      If (nextx > PrinterCE1.PrPgWidth) Then
        nextx = deltax / 2
        nexty = nexty + deltay
          If (nexty > PrinterCE1.PrPgHeight) Then
            PrinterCE1.NewPage
            nexty = ht / 2
          End If
        End If
      End If
      nxtfile = FS.Dir()
  Loop
  PrinterCE1.EndDoc
End Sub