PrintForm Class

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Enables printing an image of a Windows Form at run time.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ToolboxBitmapAttribute(GetType(PrintForm), "Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.bmp")> _
Public Class PrintForm _
    Inherits Component
'Usage
Dim instance As PrintForm

[ToolboxBitmapAttribute(typeof(PrintForm), "Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.bmp")]
public class PrintForm : Component

[ToolboxBitmapAttribute(typeof(PrintForm), L"Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.bmp")]
public ref class PrintForm : public Component

public class PrintForm extends Component

Remarks

The PrintForm component enables you to print an image of a form to a printer, to a print preview window, or to a file at run time. Its behavior replaces that of the PrintForm method in earlier versions of Visual Basic.

Examples

The following example shows a common use of the PrintForm component.

Dim pf As New PrintForm
pf.Form = Me
pf.PrintAction = PrintToPrinter
pf.Print()

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.MarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModel.Component
      Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

PrintForm Members

Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing Namespace

Other Resources

PrintForm Component (Visual Basic)

How to: Print a Form by Using the PrintForm Component (Visual Basic)

How to: Print the Client Area of a Form (Visual Basic)

How to: Print Client and Non-Client Areas of a Form (Visual Basic)

How to: Print a Scrollable Form (Visual Basic)

Deploying Applications That Reference the PrintForm Component