Orientation and Paper on Print Setup dialog

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frankborty-4906 asked Jun 20, '22 Viorel-1 edited Jun 21, '22

Orientation and Paper on Print Setup dialog

Working to a WPF Application (.NET fw 4.5), I can't find a way to display a print setup dialog as in the following image (I think it's based on Windows Forms but a WPF solution it would be better):

Using the code:

 PrintDialog myPrintDialog = new PrintDialog();
 myPrintDialog.ShowDialog();

I obtain a dialog with Print Range and Copies Settings (which I don't need) but not Paper and Orientation (which I want to get).

I read the question wpfcsharp-print-dialog-settings but I can't figure out how to use the accepted answer.

dotnet-csharp windows-wpf windows-forms

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Viorel-1 · Jun 21 at 10:26 AM

In the standard dialog, if you press Properties, you can select the paper size and orientation. Maybe such behaviour is acceptable.

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Answer 1 · 2022-06-20T14:55:21.22Z

Castorix31 answered Jun 20, '22 Castorix31 commented Jun 21, '22

You can get it, but it is the old Dialog Box, replaced by PageSetupDialog as MSDN says at : print-dialog-box
For the PageSetupDialog, you can do for example :

             System.Windows.Forms.PageSetupDialog PageSetupDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PageSetupDialog();
             PageSetupDialog1.PageSettings = new System.Drawing.Printing.PageSettings();
             PageSetupDialog1.PrinterSettings = new System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings();
             PageSetupDialog1.AllowOrientation = true;
             PageSetupDialog1.AllowPaper = true;
             PageSetupDialog1.AllowPrinter = true;
             DialogResult result = PageSetupDialog1.ShowDialog();

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frankborty-4906 · Jun 21 at 09:57 AM

Thank for the hint but PageSetupDialog is not what I was searching for because doesn't allow the user to select the printer at runtime. Probably the best way is to create my own print setup dialog.

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Castorix31 frankborty-4906 · Jun 21 at 10:21 AM

As the doc says, if I do a quick test with PrintDlg and PD_PRINTSETUP flag, I get this old dialog Box.
Test on french OS (Windows 10 21H1) :

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