How to: Complete Windows Forms Print Jobs

Frequently, word processors and other applications that involve printing will provide the option to display a message to users that a print job is complete. You can provide this functionality in your Windows Forms by handling the EndPrint event of the PrintDocument component.

The following procedure requires that you have created a Windows-based application with a PrintDocument component on it, which is the standard way of enabling printing from a Windows-based application. For more information about printing from Windows Forms using the PrintDocument component, see How to: Create Standard Windows Forms Print Jobs.

To complete a print job

1. Set the DocumentName property of the PrintDocument component.

   PrintDocument1.DocumentName = "MyTextFile"
   

   printDocument1.DocumentName = "MyTextFile";
   

   printDocument1->DocumentName = "MyTextFile";
   

2. Write code to handle the EndPrint event.

   In the following code example, a message box is displayed, indicating that the document has finished printing.

   Private Sub PrintDocument1_EndPrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs) Handles PrintDocument1.EndPrint
      MessageBox.Show(PrintDocument1.DocumentName + " has finished printing.")
   End Sub
   

   private void printDocument1_EndPrint(object sender, 
   System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs e)
   {
      MessageBox.Show(printDocument1.DocumentName + 
         " has finished printing.");
   }
   

   private:
      void printDocument1_EndPrint(System::Object ^ sender,
         System::Drawing::Printing::PrintEventArgs ^ e)
      {
         MessageBox::Show(String::Concat(printDocument1->DocumentName,
            " has finished printing."));
      }
   

   (Visual C# and Visual C++) Place the following code in the form's constructor to register the event handler.

   this.printDocument1.EndPrint += new
      System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventHandler
      (this.printDocument1_EndPrint);
   

   this->printDocument1->EndPrint += gcnew
      System::Drawing::Printing::PrintEventHandler
      (this, &Form1::printDocument1_EndPrint);
   

See Also

Reference

PrintDocument

Other Resources

Windows Forms Print Support