PrintForm Class
Enables printing an image of a Windows Form at run time.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll)
Syntax
'Dichiarazione
<ToolboxBitmapAttribute(GetType(PrintForm), "Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.bmp")> _
Public Class PrintForm _
Inherits Component
[ToolboxBitmapAttribute(typeof(PrintForm), "Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.bmp")]
public class PrintForm : Component
[ToolboxBitmapAttribute(typeof(PrintForm), L"Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.bmp")]
public ref class PrintForm : public Component
[<ToolboxBitmapAttribute(typeof(PrintForm), "Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.bmp")>]
type PrintForm =
class
inherit Component
end
public class PrintForm extends Component
The PrintForm type exposes the following members.
Constructors
Name | Description | |
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PrintForm() | Initializes a new instance of the PrintForm class. | |
PrintForm(IContainer) | Initializes a new instance of the PrintForm class, specifying the IContainer in which it will be parented. | |
PrintForm(Form) | Initializes a new instance of the PrintForm class, specifying the Form where it will be parented. |
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Properties
Name | Description | |
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CanRaiseEvents | Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. (Inherited from Component.) | |
Container | Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. (Inherited from Component.) | |
DesignMode | Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. (Inherited from Component.) | |
DocumentName | Gets or sets the document name to display (for example, in a print status dialog box or printer queue) while printing the document. | |
Events | Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. (Inherited from Component.) | |
Form | Gets or sets the form to be printed. | |
PrintAction | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the output is directed to a printer, to a print preview window, or to a file. | |
PrinterSettings | Gets or sets a PrinterSettings object that you can use to specify various properties of a printer. | |
PrintFileName | Gets or sets the file name of an Encapsulated PostScript file and the path to which the file will be saved when the PrintAction property is set to PrintToFile. | |
Site | Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. (Inherited from Component.) |
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Methods
Name | Description | |
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CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) | |
Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the Component. (Inherited from Component.) | |
Dispose(Boolean) | Releases the unmanaged resources used by a PrintForm component and optionally releases the managed resources. (Overrides Component.Dispose(Boolean).) | |
Equals | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) | |
Finalize | Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the Component is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Component.) | |
GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) | |
GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) | |
GetService | Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. (Inherited from Component.) | |
GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) | |
InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) | |
MemberwiseClone() | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) | |
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) | Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) | |
OnBeginPrint | Raises the BeginPrint event. | |
OnEndPrint | Raises the EndPrint event. | |
OnQueryPageSettings | Raises the QueryPageSettings event. | |
Print() | Sends an image of a Windows Form to the destination specified by the PrintAction property. | |
Print(Form, PrintForm.PrintOption) | Sends an image of a Windows Form to the destination specified by the PrintAction property, specifying the form and printing options | |
ToString | Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. (Inherited from Component.) |
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Events
Name | Description | |
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BeginPrint | Occurs when the Print method is called, before the first page of the document prints. | |
Disposed | Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose method. (Inherited from Component.) | |
EndPrint | Occurs when the last page of the document has printed. | |
QueryPageSettings | Occurs immediately before each page is printed. |
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Remarks
The PrintForm component enables you to print an image of a form to a printer, to a print preview window, or to a file at run time. Its behavior replaces that of the PrintForm method in earlier versions of Visual Basic.
Examples
The following example shows a common use of the PrintForm component.
Dim pf As New PrintForm
pf.Form = Me
pf.PrintAction = PrintToPrinter
pf.Print()
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing Namespace
Other Resources
PrintForm Component (Visual Basic)
How to: Print a Form by Using the PrintForm Component (Visual Basic)
How to: Print the Client Area of a Form (Visual Basic)
How to: Print Client and Non-Client Areas of a Form (Visual Basic)
How to: Print a Scrollable Form (Visual Basic)
Deploying Applications That Reference the PrintForm Component (Visual Basic)