Document.BeforePrint Event

Occurs before the document is printed.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assemblies:   Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)
  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Event BeforePrint As CancelEventHandler
event CancelEventHandler BeforePrint

Remarks

To prevent the document from printing, set the Cancel argument of the provided CancelEventArgs object to true.

Examples

The following code example displays a message before the document is printed that asks whether you want to print the document. This example is for an application-level add-in.

Private Sub DocumentBeforePrint()
    Dim vstoDoc As Document = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(Me.Application.ActiveDocument)
    AddHandler vstoDoc.BeforePrint, AddressOf ThisDocument_BeforePrint
End Sub 

Private Sub ThisDocument_BeforePrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System. _
    ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs)
    Dim vstoDoc As Document = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(Me.Application.ActiveDocument)
    If System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Do you want to print the document?", "BeforePrint", _
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.No Then
        e.Cancel = True 
    End If 
End Sub
private void DocumentBeforePrint()
{
    Document vstoDoc = Globals.Factory.GetVstoObject(this.Application.ActiveDocument);
    vstoDoc.BeforePrint += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(ThisDocument_BeforePrint);
}

void ThisDocument_BeforePrint(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
{
    if (System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Do you want to print the document?", "BeforePrint",
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.No)
    {
        e.Cancel = true;
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Document Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace