Code Snippet
' Declare the dialog.
Friend WithEvents PrintPreviewDialog1 As PrintPreviewDialog
' Declare a PrintDocument object named document.
Private WithEvents document As New System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument
' Initalize the dialog.
Private Sub InitializePrintPreviewDialog()
' Create a new PrintPreviewDialog using constructor.
Me.PrintPreviewDialog1 = New PrintPreviewDialog
'Set the size, location, and name.
Me.PrintPreviewDialog1.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(400, 300)
Me.PrintPreviewDialog1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(29, 29)
Me.PrintPreviewDialog1.Name = "PrintPreviewDialog1"
' Set the minimum size the dialog can be resized to.
Me.PrintPreviewDialog1.MinimumSize = New System.Drawing.Size(375, 250)
' Set the UseAntiAlias property to true, which will allow the
' operating system to smooth fonts.
Me.PrintPreviewDialog1.UseAntiAlias = True
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If Not (TreeView1.SelectedNode Is Nothing) Then
' Set the PrintDocument object's name to the selectedNode
' object'stag, which in this case contains the
' fully-qualified name of the document. This value will
' show when the dialog reports progress.
document.DocumentName = TreeView1.SelectedNode.Tag
End If
' Set the PrintPreviewDialog.Document property to
' the PrintDocument object selected by the user.
PrintPreviewDialog1.Document = document
' Call the ShowDialog method. This will trigger the document's
'PrintPage event.
PrintPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog()
End Sub
Private Sub document_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) _
Handles document.PrintPage
' Insert code to render the page here.
' This code will be called when the PrintPreviewDialog.Show
' method is called.
' The following code will render a simple
' message on the document in the dialog.
Dim text As String = "In document_PrintPage method."
Dim printFont As New System.Drawing.Font _
("Arial", 35, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular)
e.Graphics.DrawString(text, printFont, _
System.Drawing.Brushes.Black, 0, 0)
End Sub
