PrintDocument Class
Assembly: System.Drawing (in system.drawing.dll)
Typically, you create an instance of the PrintDocument class, set the properties that describe how to print, and call the Print method to start the printing process. Handle the PrintPage event where you specify the output to print, by using the Graphics included in the PrintPageEventArgs.
For more information about printing from a Windows Form application, see the System.Drawing.Printing namespace overview. If you wish to print from a Windows Presentation Foundation application, see the System.Printing namespace.
The following code example prints the file named C:\My Documents\MyFile.txt on the default printer. To run the example, change the path to the file you want to print. You can also modify the InitializeComponent procedure through the Windows Forms Designer.
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Use the System.ComponentModel, System.Windows.Forms, System.Drawing, System.Drawing.Printing, and System.IO namespaces for this example.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Drawing.Printing Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class PrintingExample Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container Private printButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button Private printFont As Font Private streamToPrint As StreamReader Public Sub New() ' The Windows Forms Designer requires the following call. InitializeComponent() End Sub ' The Click event is raised when the user clicks the Print button. Private Sub printButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Try streamToPrint = New StreamReader("C:\My Documents\MyFile.txt") Try printFont = New Font("Arial", 10) Dim pd As New PrintDocument() AddHandler pd.PrintPage, AddressOf Me.pd_PrintPage pd.Print() Finally streamToPrint.Close() End Try Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End Sub ' The PrintPage event is raised for each page to be printed. Private Sub pd_PrintPage(sender As Object, ev As PrintPageEventArgs) Dim linesPerPage As Single = 0 Dim yPos As Single = 0 Dim count As Integer = 0 Dim leftMargin As Single = ev.MarginBounds.Left Dim topMargin As Single = ev.MarginBounds.Top Dim line As String = Nothing ' Calculate the number of lines per page. linesPerPage = ev.MarginBounds.Height / printFont.GetHeight(ev.Graphics) ' Print each line of the file. While count < linesPerPage line = streamToPrint.ReadLine() If line Is Nothing Then Exit While End If yPos = topMargin + count * printFont.GetHeight(ev.Graphics) ev.Graphics.DrawString(line, printFont, Brushes.Black, leftMargin, yPos, New StringFormat()) count += 1 End While ' If more lines exist, print another page. If (line IsNot Nothing) Then ev.HasMorePages = True Else ev.HasMorePages = False End If End Sub ' The Windows Forms Designer requires the following procedure. Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.components = New System.ComponentModel.Container() Me.printButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(504, 381) Me.Text = "Print Example" printButton.ImageAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft printButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 110) printButton.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Flat printButton.TabIndex = 0 printButton.Text = "Print the file." printButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(136, 40) AddHandler printButton.Click, AddressOf printButton_Click Me.Controls.Add(printButton) End Sub ' This is the main entry point for the application. Public Shared Sub Main() Application.Run(New PrintingExample()) End Sub End Class
import System.*;
import System.IO.*;
import System.Drawing.*;
import System.Drawing.Printing.*;
import System.Windows.Forms.*;
public class PrintingExample extends System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.ComponentModel.Container components;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button printButton;
private Font printFont;
private StreamReader streamToPrint;
public PrintingExample()
{
// The Windows Forms Designer requires the following call.
InitializeComponent();
} //PrintingExample
// The Click event is raised when the user clicks the Print button.
private void printButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try {
streamToPrint = new StreamReader("C:\\My Documents\\MyFile.txt");
try {
printFont = new Font("Arial", 10);
PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument();
pd.add_PrintPage(new PrintPageEventHandler(this.pd_PrintPage));
pd.Print();
}
finally {
streamToPrint.Close();
}
}
catch (System.Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show(ex.get_Message());
}
} //printButton_Click
// The PrintPage event is raised for each page to be printed.
private void pd_PrintPage(Object sender, PrintPageEventArgs ev)
{
float linesPerPage = 0;
float yPos = 0;
int count = 0;
float leftMargin = ev.get_MarginBounds().get_Left();
float topMargin = ev.get_MarginBounds().get_Top();
String line = null;
// Calculate the number of lines per page.
linesPerPage = ev.get_MarginBounds().get_Height() /
printFont.GetHeight(ev.get_Graphics());
// Print each line of the file.
while ((count < linesPerPage &&
(line = streamToPrint.ReadLine()) != null)) {
yPos = topMargin + count * printFont.GetHeight(ev.get_Graphics());
ev.get_Graphics().DrawString(line, printFont, Brushes.get_Black(),
leftMargin, yPos, new StringFormat());
count++;
}
// If more lines exist, print another page.
if (line != null) {
ev.set_HasMorePages(true);
}
else {
ev.set_HasMorePages(false);
}
} //pd_PrintPage
// The Windows Forms Designer requires the following procedure.
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
this.printButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.set_ClientSize(new System.Drawing.Size(504, 381));
this.set_Text("Print Example");
printButton.set_ImageAlign(System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft);
printButton.set_Location(new System.Drawing.Point(32, 110));
printButton.set_FlatStyle(System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Flat);
printButton.set_TabIndex(0);
printButton.set_Text("Print the file.");
printButton.set_Size(new System.Drawing.Size(136, 40));
printButton.add_Click(new System.EventHandler(printButton_Click));
this.get_Controls().Add(printButton);
} //InitializeComponent
// This is the main entry point for the application.
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Application.Run(new PrintingExample());
} //main
} //PrintingExample
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
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