Print a Memo field

[wjburke2]

I have a Memo field on a form. I would like to print the field. The best option would be for the user to be able to right click on the text box and select and print, or to put a button on the screen to print the contents to a printer. No formatting is required. I just want to print it out on white paper like you do with Notepad. I don't want to have to create another report.

Is it possible to send the contents of a Memo/textbox directly to the default printer?

 

[Pat Hartman]

Boxes on Forms cannot resize to fit the text they contain. Boxes on Reports do. It is far better to create a report because you can control how it works and ensure that it will print all the text. Just printing a form will not do that.

 

[wjburke2]

Thanks Pat, I was just wondering if there was a docmd.outputto or some other way to send the contents of a Textbox/Memo Field to the printer. I have a Memo field for Audit information. I was thinking the user might want to print it without using the mouse to select it all then paste it into a notpad then print it from there. Guess not without creating a roport.