Margins Class
Specifies the dimensions of the margins of a printed page.
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
The Margins type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Margins() | Initializes a new instance of the Margins class with 1-inch wide margins. |
![]() | Margins(Int32, Int32, Int32, Int32) | Initializes a new instance of the Margins class with the specified left, right, top, and bottom margins. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Clone | Retrieves a duplicate of this object, member by member. |
![]() | Equals | Compares this Margins to the specified Object to determine whether they have the same dimensions. (Overrides Object::Equals(Object).) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Calculates and retrieves a hash code based on the width of the left, right, top, and bottom margins. (Overrides Object::GetHashCode().) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Infrastructure. Converts the Margins to a string. (Overrides Object::ToString().) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Equality | Compares two Margins to determine if they have the same dimensions. |
![]() ![]() | Inequality | Compares two Margins to determine whether they are of unequal width. |
The Margins class is used to manipulate the width of margins in PageSettings and PrintController. MarginsConverter is the type descriptor for this class.
Left, Right, Top, and Bottom are properties that define the margins. Clone creates an identical Margins. Equals determines if another object has the same dimensions as a Margins.
For more information about printing, see the System.Drawing.Printing namespace overview.
Use the System.Drawing, System.Drawing.Printing, and System.IO namespaces for this example.
The following code example sets the default page settings for a document to margins of 1 inch on each side.
void Printing() { try { /* This assumes that a variable of type string, named filePath, has been set to the path of the file to print. */ streamToPrint = gcnew StreamReader( filePath ); try { printFont = gcnew System::Drawing::Font( "Arial",10 ); PrintDocument^ pd = gcnew PrintDocument; /* This assumes that a method, named pd_PrintPage, has been defined. pd_PrintPage handles the PrintPage event. */ pd->PrintPage += gcnew PrintPageEventHandler( this, &Sample::pd_PrintPage ); /* This assumes that a variable of type string, named printer, has been set to the printer's name. */ pd->PrinterSettings->PrinterName = printer; // Create a new instance of Margins with one inch margins. Margins^ margins = gcnew Margins( 100,100,100,100 ); pd->DefaultPageSettings->Margins = margins; pd->Print(); } finally { streamToPrint->Close(); } } catch ( Exception^ ex ) { MessageBox::Show( String::Concat( "An error occurred printing the file - ", ex->Message ) ); } }
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
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
