Printing

[Lou]

How do I use the printdialog. If I call
PrintDialog1.ShowDialog

it gives me an error mesage to set th edocumt

I have a text box control with text that I want to print from a command
button?

-Lou

 

[Siva M]

You need to set the Document or PrinterSettings property for PrintDialog to
show.

For a sample, check this one:
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/doc/ControlRef/PrintDialogCtl.aspx

HTH

How do I use the printdialog. If I call
PrintDialog1.ShowDialog

it gives me an error mesage to set th edocumt

I have a text box control with text that I want to print from a command
button?

-Lou

 

[Lou]

That example only shows how to print a file, I want to print the contents of
a textbox. w/o having to save it to a file.

 

[Lou]

also the code lin
Dim pd As TextFilePrintDocument = New TextFilePrintDocument(streamToPrint)

it errors out

TextFilePrintDocument is not defined?

 

[Siva M]

If you look at the source (URL:
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quicks....src&file=CS\TextFilePrintDocument.cs &font=3),
the OnPrintPage method reads the file content line-by-line and prints to the
printer. Instead of reading the text from a file, replace it with your text.
That is,

ev.Graphics.DrawString ("My text line", printFont, Brushes.Black,
leftMargin, yPos, new StringFormat());
ev.HasMorePages = false;

prints "My text line" on the printer.

leftMargin & yPos calculations may be taken as is from the sample.

HTH.

That example only shows how to print a file, I want to print the contents of
a textbox. w/o having to save it to a file.

 

[Siva M]

It is a custom class derived from PrintDocument written for demo purposes.
This is not required for your case.

If you find this example confusing, chech this one (it has a simpler one):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbtskprintingtext.asp


also the code lin
Dim pd As TextFilePrintDocument = New TextFilePrintDocument(streamToPrint)

it errors out

TextFilePrintDocument is not defined?