How to: Print a Scrollable Form (Visual Basic)
The PrintForm component enables you to quickly print an image of a form without using a PrintDocument component. By default, only the currently visible part of the form is printed; if a user has resized the form at run time, the image may not print as intended. The following procedure shows how to print the complete client area of a scrollable form, even if the form has been resized.
To print the complete client area of a scrollable form
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In the Toolbox, click the Visual Basic PowerPacks tab and then drag the PrintForm component onto the form.
The PrintForm component will be added to the component tray.
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In the Properties window, set the PrintAction property to PrintToPrinter.
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Add the following code in the appropriate event handler (for example, in the Click event handler for a Print Button).
PrintForm1.Print(Me, PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.PrintOption.Scrollable)
NoteOn some operating systems, text or graphics drawn by Graphics methods may not print correctly. In this case, you will not be able to print with the Scrollable parameter.
