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Kyle Walz wrote:
>
> What should I replace \n with when printing a textarea? Want to
> remove or replace [] (the box representing \n) with whatever tells the
> printer to go to the next line. The app uses Swing and I use JB7 with
> 1.3.1.
>
> String texttoprint = ta.getText();
> texttoprint.replace('\n',' '); // <-- need improvement here
> g2.setPaint(Color.black);
> g2.drawString(texttoprint, 96, 144);

Try \r\n. I think \n should work too, but it probably depends on your
printer.

Daniel Sjöblom wrote:
>
> Kyle Walz wrote:
> >
> > What should I replace \n with when printing a textarea? Want to
> > remove or replace [] (the box representing \n) with whatever tells the
> > printer to go to the next line. The app uses Swing and I use JB7 with
> > 1.3.1.
> >
> > String texttoprint = ta.getText();
> > texttoprint.replace('\n',' '); // <-- need improvement here
> > g2.setPaint(Color.black);
> > g2.drawString(texttoprint, 96, 144);
>
> Try \r\n. I think \n should work too, but it probably depends on your
> printer.

Oh, and you probably want to use the replaceAll method instead of
replace.

Thanks for the tips.

I'll try my own replace method. Haven't checked if JBuilder 8 is free
yet--no money to spend.