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Creating a Windows Application and need to know how to create a print and print preview control? Follow these simple steps and you will easily be able to print and print preview documents in your application.
Steps
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Adjust the form to the size you require.
- It doesn't matter what size the form is, providing it can fit a large textbox and two buttons.
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Add a RichTextBox to your form.
- You can add a RichTextBox by double-clicking or dragging it onto the form.
- Adjust the size of the RichTextBox to your requirements.
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Add two Buttons to your form.
- Ideally, place the two Buttons near the RichTextBox.
- Again, you can add Buttons to your form by double-clicking or dragging onto the form.
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Name the Buttons "Print" and "Print Preview".
- You can change the text for the buttons in the properties box.
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Add the controls: "Print Document" and "PrintPreviewDialog" to your form.
- These will not be visible on the form as they perform in the background.
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Click on PrintPreviewDialog and change the "Document" to "PrintDocument1".
- You can change this in the properties box after clicking on PrintPreviewDialog.
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Double-click on your "Print Preview" button.
- This will bring up the page for coding.
- A Private Sub has already been created and awaiting code to tell it what to do when the Print Preview button is clicked.
- Add the following code into the Private Sub:
PrintPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog()
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Go back to the form and double-click on your "Print" button.
- You will be taken back to the page for coding.
- In the Private Sub that has been created, add the following code:
PrintDocument1.Print()
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Go back to the form and double-click on "PrintDocument1" located underneath the form.
- You will be taken back to the page for coding.
- A Private Sub will be created called "PrintDocument1_PrintPage". Place the following code into the Sub:
Dim font1 As New Font("arial", 16, FontStyle.Regular) e.Graphics.DrawString(RichTextBox1.Text, font1, Brushes.Black, 100, 100)
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Click "Start" to begin the debugging and testing process.
- If you have followed part one and two of this article you should encounter no errors.
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Test to see if the Print Preview function works.
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Test to see if the Print function works.
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Clean up your code. After the debugging and testing process has completed with no critical errors, be sure to clean up your code. Make it look tidy and professional.
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- Add comments to your code so you know what a certain part of code does.Thanks
- If you are going to practise implementing these functions onto Visual Basic, make your form large, including the RichTextBox and buttons.Thanks
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- When coding, it is easy to misspell something. This can cause your whole application to fail.Thanks
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