C# 2008 Programmer's Reference

TextBox controls (2)		txtFrom
		txtTo
Button controls (2)	Preview	btnPreview
	Print	btnPrint

Figure 16-14

Switch to the code-behind of Form1, and import the following namespace:

using System.Drawing.Printing;

Declare the following member variables:

public partial class Form1 : Form {
 //---constants for the icon images---
 const int ico_OPEN = 0;
 const int ico_CLOSE = 1;
 const int ico_PHOTO = 2;
 //---font variables---
 Font f_title;
 Font f_body;
 //---page counter---
 int pagecounter;
 //---PrintDocument variable---
 PrintDocument printDoc;

When the form is loaded during runtime, create an instance of the PrintDocument class, and wire up the three main event handlers described earlier:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
 printDoc = new PrintDocument() {
  DocumentName = 'Printing from Photo Viewer'
 };
 printDoc.BeginPrint += new PrintEventHandler (printDoc_BeginPrint);
 printDoc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler (printDoc_PrintPage);
 printDoc.EndPrint += new PrintEventHandler (printDoc_EndPrint);
 try {
  //---load the application settings values
  // into the textbox controls---
  ...

In the event handler for the BeginPrint event, initialize the page counter as well as the fonts of the text to be used for printing the page:

void printDoc_BeginPrint(object sender, PrintEventArgs e) {
 //---initialize the page counter---
 pagecounter = int.Parse(txtFrom.Text);
 //---initialize the fonts---
 f_title = new Font('Arial', 16, FontStyle.Bold);
 f_body = new Font('Times New Roman', 10);
}

In the EndPrint event handler, dereference the font variables used:

void printDoc_EndPrint(object sender, PrintEventArgs e) {
 //---de-reference the fonts---
 f_title = null;
 f_body = null;
}

Finally, the event handler for PrintPage is the place where you do the bulk of the work of sending the output to the printer. Basically, you use the Graphics object in the PrintPageEventArgs class to specify the output you want to print. For example, to draw a rectangle you would use the e.Graphics.DrawRectangle() method (where e is an instance of the PrintPageEventArgs class). To print a string, you use the e.Graphics.DrawString() method. After printing, you increment the page count and determine if there are any more pages to print. If there are, setting the HasMorePages property of the PrintPageEventArgs class to true will cause the printDoc_PrintPage event handler fire one more time. Once there are no more pages left to print, set the HasMorePages property to false:

void printDoc_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e) {
 Graphics g = e.Graphics; //---draws the title---
 g.DrawString(TreeView1.SelectedNode.Text, f_title, Brushes.Black, 20, 30);
 //---draws a border...---
 Rectangle border =
  new Rectangle(10, 10,
   PictureBox1.Width + 20, PictureBox1.Height + 60);
 //---...using a thick pen---
 Pen thickPen = new Pen(Color.Black, 3);
 g.DrawRectangle(thickPen, border);
 //---draws the picture---
 if (PictureBox1.Image != null) {
  g.DrawImage(PictureBox1.Image, 20, 60,
   PictureBox1.Size.Width,
   PictureBox1.Size.Height);
 }
 //---draws the page count---
 g.DrawString('Page ' + pagecounter, f_body, Brushes.Black, 20, 420);
 //---increments the page counter---
 pagecounter += 1;
 //---determine if you have more pages to print---
 if (pagecounter <= int.Parse(txtTo.Text)) e.HasMorePages = true;