PrintDocument.PrintController Property

A print controller guides the printing process in several ways. For example, to print a document, you need to convert it to a Graphics object. A PrintController specifies where to draw the graphic in an image for a print preview or on a printer to actually print the document. A print controller can also specify whether to print a document immediately, or wait a specified interval.

The following code example requires that you have created an instance of the PrintDocument class that is named myPrintDocument. The example creates a new instance of the PrintController class, assigns it to the PrintController property of myPrintDocument, and prints the document.

Use the System.Drawing.Printing and System.Windows.Forms namespaces for this example.

public void myPrint()
{
   if (useMyPrintController == true)
   {
      myPrintDocument.PrintController = 
         new myControllerImplementation();     
      if (wantsStatusDialog == true)
      {
         myPrintDocument.PrintController = 
            new PrintControllerWithStatusDialog
            (myPrintDocument.PrintController);
      }
   }
   myPrintDocument.Print();
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

• PrintingPermission  

  for safe printing from a restricted dialog box. Associated enumeration: PrintingPermissionLevel.SafePrinting

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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