what is the printing code?

Question

Hi
I made a notepad
I want to add a button to print
how can I do this?
may anyone help please...

Answer 1

Sorry, that I am not providing a working example that can drop right into your application bug free.

Printing Overview

Such a feat would be most notable indeed.
As of right now, I would deem it impossible.
Post some of your code if you need a more exact answer, something better than a general overview.

Rudedog   =8^D

Your question made me chuckle.
It was a curiously simple question for someone with the skill to write an application similar to Notepad.

I built a working warp drive.
I want to add a button to start it up.
How can I do this?

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Answer 2

Thank you Rudedog for your friendly help.

Hi Dan,

Welcome to MSDN forums!

Here are some tutorials about printing feature in VB.NET:

1) Using PrintDocument, PrintDialog components to print form data

The .NET Framework provides excellent support for Printing documents.

PrintDocument Component:

In the .NET Framework, a printed document is represented by the PrintDocument component. The PrintDocument object encapsulates all the information needed to print a page. They handle the events and operations of printing.

 

PrintDialog Component:

To print a document, we need to set the PrintDialog’s Document property to PrintDocument object, and use the PrintDocument object's Print method.

Private Sub buttonPrint_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)         Dim printDialog1 As PrintDialog = New PrintDialog         printDialog1.Document = printDocument1         Dim result As DialogResult = printDialog1.ShowDialog         If (result = DialogResult.OK) Then             printDocument1.Print()         End If     End Sub

 

How Printing Works?

Printing content is provided directly by the application logic in the .NET Framework. You add a PrintDocument object and handle the PrintPage event which is called every time when a new page is to be printed. A print job is initiated by the PrintDocument's Print method. This starts the print job and raises one or more events. When the print job begins, a BeginPrint event occurs, followed by the PrintPage event for each page, followed by the EndPage event when the job is done. If the print job contains multiple pages, one PrintPage event will be raised for each page in the job making the PrintPage event to execute multiple times. The PrintPage event is the main event involved in printing documents. To send content to the printer, you must handle this PrintPage event and provide code to render the content in the PrintPage event handler.

 

Some tutorial:

Article: Printing feature in .NET Framework

http://www.startvbdotnet.com/controls/printdialog.aspx

Windows Forms Printing

http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/windowsforms/faq_c55c.aspx#q491q

How to print the content of RichTextBox using Visual Basic .NET?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811401

 
2)    Using PrintForm component in Visual Basic Power Packs to print Form

The PrintForm component is designed to bring back the ability to easily print a Windows Form. With it, you can layout the Windows Form exactly as you want it and allow you to print the form as a quick report.

Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0 Download

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb735936.aspx

 

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click         PrintForm1.Print(Me, PowerPacks.Printing.PrintForm.PrintOption.Scrollable)     End Sub

3) How to print external document using Process.Start method in VB.NET?

Public Class Form1     Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click         Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo         psi.UseShellExecute = True         psi.Verb = "print"         psi.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden 'psi.Arguments = PrintDialog1.PrinterSettings.PrinterName.ToString()         psi.FileName = "C:\MyFile.doc" ' Here specify a document to be printed         Process.Start(psi)     End Sub End Class

Best regards,
Martin Xie

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Answer 3

hi Martin
Thanls for your help
I tried the first but it Print a Blank page
Where do I have to put the text?
I didnt undrestand the others and Visual Basic 2010 give me errors when i try to use it
but thanks for your help

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Answer 4

Hi Dan,

“I tried the first but it Print a Blank page
Where do I have to put the text?”

-> Besides PrintDocument.Print() action, you need to handle PrintDocument_PrintPage event to print text (Assuming that you used TextBox or RichTextBox to make your Notepad). 

Please check this thread for code sample: How to use PrintDocument component to Print multiline and scrollable TextBox in VB.NET.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbpowerpacks/thread/2ad34554-e989-4ffa-8e1f-ccea1f00c99d


Best regards,
Martin Xie

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