PrintPageEventArgs.Graphics Property
Gets the Graphics used to paint the page.
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
The following code example assumes a Button named printButton and a PrintDocument named pd have been created on a Form. Make sure the Click event for the Button is associated with the printButton_Click method and the PrintPage event of the PrintDocument is associated with the pd_PrintPage method in the example. The printButton_Click method from the example calls the Print method raising the PrintPage event, and prints the .bmp file specified in the pd_PrintPage method. To run this example, change the path to the bitmap you want to print.
Use the System.Drawing, System.Drawing.Printing, and System.Windows.Forms namespaces for this example.
' Specifies what happens when the user clicks the Button.
Private Sub printButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) _
Handles printButton.Click
Try
pd.Print()
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("An error occurred while printing", _
ex.ToString())
End Try
End Sub
' Specifies what happens when the PrintPage event is raised.
Private Sub pd_PrintPage(sender As Object, ev As PrintPageEventArgs) _
Handles pd.PrintPage
' Draw a picture.
ev.Graphics.DrawImage(Image.FromFile("C:\My Folder\MyFile.bmp"), _
ev.Graphics.VisibleClipBounds)
' Indicate that this is the last page to print.
ev.HasMorePages = False
End Sub
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