How to print…. And create a soft copy

Question

 

How to write a print application which prints and creates the copy in Microsoft word or HTML file?

I have written good print application in Vb.net using the rich Print and Drawing Objects in .Net Framework.

I would like to create one soft copy whenever I do print.

What is the best approach?

Thank you,

Smith

 

.Net Framework 2.0

 

Answer 1

You could draw each page to a bitmap in the PrintPage event.  You could also print a copy to the XPS Document Writer. 

Answer 2

Is the two solution is possible with .Net Framework 2.0?

Thank you,

Smith

 

 

Answer 3

Gish,

 

PrintDocument.PrintPage Event occurs when the output to print for the current page is needed. It is in namespace of System.Drawing.Printing that is supported in .NET Framework 2.0, 1.1 and 1.0.

 

The following code snippet shows you the example for the PrintPage event:

 

Code Block

    ' The PrintPage event is raised for each page to be printed.

    Private Sub pd_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal ev As PrintPageEventArgs)

        Dim linesPerPage As Single = 0

        Dim yPos As Single = 0

        Dim count As Integer = 0

        Dim leftMargin As Single = ev.MarginBounds.Left

        Dim topMargin As Single = ev.MarginBounds.Top

        Dim line As String = Nothing

 

        ' Calculate the number of lines per page.

        linesPerPage = ev.MarginBounds.Height / printFont.GetHeight(ev.Graphics)

 

        ' Print each line of the file.

        While count < linesPerPage

            line = streamToPrint.ReadLine()

            If line Is Nothing Then

                Exit While

            End If

            yPos = topMargin + count * printFont.GetHeight(ev.Graphics)

            ev.Graphics.DrawString(line, printFont, Brushes.Black, leftMargin, yPos, New StringFormat())

            count += 1

        End While

 

        ' If more lines exist, print another page.

        If Not (line Is Nothing) Then

            ev.HasMorePages = True

        Else

            ev.HasMorePages = False

        End If

    End Sub

 

 

 

For futher information, you can also take a look at the following link on PrintEvent in MSDN:

 

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.printpage.aspx 

 

Except that method, I would also provide you a more complicated example on the issue. This example would also call the Win32 API spooler function to send the types and other types of raw data to a printer. I hope that can provide you more ideas on this kind of problems:

 

How to send raw data to a printer by using Visual Basic .NET

Hope that can help you.

Answer 4

Thank you very much.

Smith