to print graphical characters

hi
i have problem in printing graphical characters such as -(196) , +(192) etc. It prints some junk characters such as ä which doesnot belong to the specific ascii code, anyone can help

Why (-196 .. 192) range? should it not be (0..255)?
Wich kind of printer?
Are you using VB pprinter object or sending it directly to the printer?

It is not -196 . ascii value is 196 for which the graphical character is (-).

This is the code i am using. If it works correctly a horizontal line will be drawn in a text file.

Open "Test.txt" For Output As #1

strTable = ""
For intc = 0 To 80
strTable = strTable & chr(196)
Next
Print #1, strTable


But it comes like (äääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääää) this. Know the solution for the above.

so don't use chr(196) just use "-"

I do this quite often

S-

You program seems to be fine, the problem is not the program it self but the font you are usign for reading the file.
I did long time ago some programs that change "-" for the continuos characters, a shame that it was lost by a computer failure.

If the program is sending chr(196) and apears as a strange character in the text file, change the font to linedraw.ttf

see the post: http://www.iapetus.ch/article5.html, so you need student.hivolda.no/bakkek/Transport/FONTS/LINEDRAW.TTF.