DrawTextBox Ignores Tabs

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   I'm trying to create a PDF from a text file; however, I'm having trouble with any and all tabs in the text document being ignored.  Even if I use a bunch of spaces instead of a tab at the beginning of a line, they are ignored too.
In VB, I'm using a TextStream object to read the contents of the text file.  I'm then feeding that to the DrawTextBox method in QuickPDF 4.41   The text is all faithfully rendered onto the page, except any tabs.  I've tried various fonts, but to no avail.

QP.DrawTextBox(54, 54, 504, 684, ts.ReadAll, 1)
Any idea how I can get DrawTextBox to include tabs that are in the document?  Thanks.

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PhilG Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 02 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote PhilG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: DrawTextBox Ignores Tabs Posted: 03 Oct 06 at 11:57AM
	I'm trying to create a PDF from a text file; however, I'm having trouble with any and all tabs in the text document being ignored. Even if I use a bunch of spaces instead of a tab at the beginning of a line, they are ignored too. In VB, I'm using a TextStream object to read the contents of the text file. I'm then feeding that to the DrawTextBox method in QuickPDF 4.41 The text is all faithfully rendered onto the page, except any tabs. I've tried various fonts, but to no avail. QP.DrawTextBox(54, 54, 504, 684, ts.ReadAll, 1) Any idea how I can get DrawTextBox to include tabs that are in the document? Thanks.
	PhilG

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Oct 06 at 2:57PM
	If i read the reference i don't see that DrawTextBox can do this. I think with DrawHTMLTextBox you can insert more layout options... Best regards, Ingo

PhilG Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 02 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote PhilG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Oct 06 at 3:03PM
	Thanks.
	PhilG