>Thanks Mark
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>That's an EXCELLENT start for me. What I would like to know more about is from where I can get further information on the AcitveX. Eg. how to set Bold or Italic in case of Printers !!!
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>Once again I thank you for the help.

Those would all be properties you can set on the control. Just drop the control on a form and look at all the proerties. The ones in particular start with CapRec -- e.g., CapRecBold, CapRecItalic, etc.