Hi!

I want to know EXACTLY how 2 find the equivalent of inches in pixels and vice versa. PLz also comment on what effect the screen resolution will have on this conversion.

Regards

ejan

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ejan

The fastest way is to use the ScaleX method (of a Form, PictureBox, UserControl as I remember)
myForm.ScaleX(1, vbInches, vbPixels)
regarding you second question, what do you want to achieve?
Marco

Well,

Frankly, I had used both the ScaleX and ScaleY methods before I posted the above question. These two methods also exist 4 the Printer object & that is what is of more interest 4 me. But, unfortunately, when I call the ScaleX or ScaleY method on the Printer object, it raises, almost always, runtime error 11 with no error description.

U should have guessed by now what I want to accomplish. Actually, the SetUserPaperSize method of the CRAXDRT.Report (Crystal Reports 9 ActiveX Runtime)object expects the height and width of a page in pixels (quite oddly!) in order to define a custom size 4 the paper at runtime. I've used the ScaleX aand ScaleY methods to get my desired value in inches but it always returns the page width and height shorter than what I expect. I am always able to set the page dimensions dynamically by using hit and try method and finding an appropriate value 4 the length and height of the page.

ejan

You should have said that you were using a Printer. In the Printer object pixels do not have sense, you can use twips or points (the error you get is division by zero, that means that the pixels factor is not initialized in the printer)
Regarding the craxdrt report (I never used it) I agree with you that pixel units was a wrong choice! Are you sure it cannot be changed?
Good luck,
Marco