Procedura: stampare in Windows Form tramite l'anteprima di stampa

Nella programmazione di Windows Form è comune offrire servizi di anteprima di stampa oltre che di stampa. Per aggiungere facilmente i servizi di anteprima di stampa all'applicazione, usare un controllo PrintPreviewDialog in combinazione con la logica di gestione degli eventi PrintPage per la stampa di un file.

Per visualizzare in anteprima un documento di testo con un controllo PrintPreviewDialog

  1. Aggiungere un oggetto PrintPreviewDialog, un oggetto PrintDocumente due stringhe al form.

    private PrintPreviewDialog printPreviewDialog1 = new PrintPreviewDialog();
    private PrintDocument printDocument1 = new PrintDocument();
    
    // Declare a string to hold the entire document contents.
    private string documentContents;
    
    // Declare a variable to hold the portion of the document that
    // is not printed.
    private string stringToPrint;
    
    Private printPreviewDialog1 As New PrintPreviewDialog()
    Private WithEvents printDocument1 As New PrintDocument()
    
    ' Declare a string to hold the entire document contents.
    Private documentContents As String
    
    ' Declare a variable to hold the portion of the document that
    ' is not printed.
    Private stringToPrint As String
    
  2. Impostare la proprietà DocumentName sul documento da stampare, quindi aprire e leggere il contenuto del documento fino alla stringa aggiunta in precedenza.

    private void ReadDocument()
    {
        string docName = "testPage.txt";
        string docPath = @"c:\";
        printDocument1.DocumentName = docName;
        using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(docPath + docName, FileMode.Open))
        using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
        {
            documentContents = reader.ReadToEnd();
        }
        stringToPrint = documentContents;
    }
    
    Private Sub ReadDocument() 
        Dim docName As String = "testPage.txt"
        Dim docPath As String = "c:\"
        printDocument1.DocumentName = docName
        Dim stream As New FileStream(docPath + docName, FileMode.Open)
        Try
            Dim reader As New StreamReader(stream)
            Try
                documentContents = reader.ReadToEnd()
            Finally
                reader.Dispose()
            End Try
        Finally
            stream.Dispose()
        End Try
        stringToPrint = documentContents
    
    End Sub
    
  3. Come per la stampa del documento, nel gestore eventi PrintPage usare la proprietà Graphics della classe PrintPageEventArgs e il contenuto del file per calcolare le righe per pagina ed eseguire il rendering del contenuto del documento. Dopo la generazione di ogni pagina, controllare se si tratta dell'ultima pagina e impostare la proprietà HasMorePages della classe PrintPageEventArgs di conseguenza. L'evento PrintPage viene generato finché la proprietà HasMorePages non assume valore false. Al termine del rendering del documento, reimpostare la stringa da sottoporre a rendering. Assicurarsi inoltre che l'evento PrintPage sia associato al relativo metodo di gestione degli eventi.

    Nota

    Se è stata implementata la stampa nell'applicazione, è possibile che i passaggi 2 e 3 siano già stati completati.

    Nell'esempio di codice seguente il gestore eventi viene usato per stampare il file "testPage.txt" con lo stesso tipo di carattere usato nel form.

    void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
    {
        int charactersOnPage = 0;
        int linesPerPage = 0;
    
        // Sets the value of charactersOnPage to the number of characters
        // of stringToPrint that will fit within the bounds of the page.
        e.Graphics.MeasureString(stringToPrint, this.Font,
            e.MarginBounds.Size, StringFormat.GenericTypographic,
            out charactersOnPage, out linesPerPage);
    
        // Draws the string within the bounds of the page.
        e.Graphics.DrawString(stringToPrint, this.Font, Brushes.Black,
        e.MarginBounds, StringFormat.GenericTypographic);
    
        // Remove the portion of the string that has been printed.
        stringToPrint = stringToPrint.Substring(charactersOnPage);
    
        // Check to see if more pages are to be printed.
        e.HasMorePages = (stringToPrint.Length > 0);
    
        // If there are no more pages, reset the string to be printed.
        if (!e.HasMorePages)
            stringToPrint = documentContents;
    }
    
    Sub printDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs) Handles printDocument1.PrintPage
    
        Dim charactersOnPage As Integer = 0
        Dim linesPerPage As Integer = 0
    
        ' Sets the value of charactersOnPage to the number of characters 
        ' of stringToPrint that will fit within the bounds of the page.
        e.Graphics.MeasureString(stringToPrint, Me.Font, e.MarginBounds.Size, _
            StringFormat.GenericTypographic, charactersOnPage, linesPerPage)
    
        ' Draws the string within the bounds of the page.
        e.Graphics.DrawString(stringToPrint, Me.Font, Brushes.Black, _
            e.MarginBounds, StringFormat.GenericTypographic)
    
        ' Remove the portion of the string that has been printed.
        stringToPrint = stringToPrint.Substring(charactersOnPage)
    
        ' Check to see if more pages are to be printed.
        e.HasMorePages = stringToPrint.Length > 0
    
        ' If there are no more pages, reset the string to be printed.
        If Not e.HasMorePages Then
            stringToPrint = documentContents
        End If
    
    End Sub
    
  4. Impostare la proprietà Document del controllo PrintPreviewDialog sul componente PrintDocument nel form.

    printPreviewDialog1.Document = printDocument1;
    
    printPreviewDialog1.Document = printDocument1
    
  5. Chiamare il metodo ShowDialog sul controllo PrintPreviewDialog . In genere la chiamata al metodo ShowDialog si esegue dal metodo di gestione degli eventi Click di un pulsante. Chiamando il metodo ShowDialog viene generato l'evento PrintPage e viene eseguito il rendering dell'output sul controllo PrintPreviewDialog . Quando l'utente fa clic sull'icona di stampa nella finestra di dialogo, l'evento PrintPage viene generato di nuovo, inviando l'output alla stampante anziché alla finestra di dialogo di anteprima. Questo è il motivo per cui alla fine del processo di rendering nel passaggio 3 la stringa viene reimpostata.

    L'esempio di codice seguente illustra il metodo di gestione degli eventi Click per un pulsante nel form. Questo metodo chiama i metodi per la lettura del documento e la visualizzazione della finestra di dialogo di anteprima.

    private void printPreviewButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ReadDocument();
        printPreviewDialog1.Document = printDocument1;
    printPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog();
    }
    
    Private Sub printPreviewButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles printPreviewButton.Click
    
        ReadDocument()
        printPreviewDialog1.Document = printDocument1
        printPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog()
    End Sub
    

Esempio

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace PrintPreviewApp
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        private Button printPreviewButton;

        private PrintPreviewDialog printPreviewDialog1 = new PrintPreviewDialog();
        private PrintDocument printDocument1 = new PrintDocument();

        // Declare a string to hold the entire document contents.
        private string documentContents;

        // Declare a variable to hold the portion of the document that
        // is not printed.
        private string stringToPrint;

        public Form1()
        {
            this.printPreviewButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.printPreviewButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
            this.printPreviewButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(125, 23);
            this.printPreviewButton.Text = "Print Preview";
            this.printPreviewButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.printPreviewButton_Click);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 266);
            this.Controls.Add(this.printPreviewButton);
            printDocument1.PrintPage +=
                new PrintPageEventHandler(printDocument1_PrintPage);
        }
        private void ReadDocument()
        {
            string docName = "testPage.txt";
            string docPath = @"c:\";
            printDocument1.DocumentName = docName;
            using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(docPath + docName, FileMode.Open))
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
            {
                documentContents = reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
            stringToPrint = documentContents;
        }

        void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
        {
            int charactersOnPage = 0;
            int linesPerPage = 0;

            // Sets the value of charactersOnPage to the number of characters
            // of stringToPrint that will fit within the bounds of the page.
            e.Graphics.MeasureString(stringToPrint, this.Font,
                e.MarginBounds.Size, StringFormat.GenericTypographic,
                out charactersOnPage, out linesPerPage);

            // Draws the string within the bounds of the page.
            e.Graphics.DrawString(stringToPrint, this.Font, Brushes.Black,
            e.MarginBounds, StringFormat.GenericTypographic);

            // Remove the portion of the string that has been printed.
            stringToPrint = stringToPrint.Substring(charactersOnPage);

            // Check to see if more pages are to be printed.
            e.HasMorePages = (stringToPrint.Length > 0);

            // If there are no more pages, reset the string to be printed.
            if (!e.HasMorePages)
                stringToPrint = documentContents;
        }
        private void printPreviewButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ReadDocument();
            printPreviewDialog1.Document = printDocument1;
        printPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog();
        }

        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }
    }
}
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Windows.Forms



Class Form1
    Inherits Form

    Private WithEvents printPreviewButton As Button
    
    Private printPreviewDialog1 As New PrintPreviewDialog()
    Private WithEvents printDocument1 As New PrintDocument()
    
    ' Declare a string to hold the entire document contents.
    Private documentContents As String
    
    ' Declare a variable to hold the portion of the document that
    ' is not printed.
    Private stringToPrint As String

    Public Sub New() 
        Me.printPreviewButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.printPreviewButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(12, 12)
        Me.printPreviewButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(125, 23)
        Me.printPreviewButton.Text = "Print Preview"
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.printPreviewButton)

    End Sub
    
    Private Sub ReadDocument() 
        Dim docName As String = "testPage.txt"
        Dim docPath As String = "c:\"
        printDocument1.DocumentName = docName
        Dim stream As New FileStream(docPath + docName, FileMode.Open)
        Try
            Dim reader As New StreamReader(stream)
            Try
                documentContents = reader.ReadToEnd()
            Finally
                reader.Dispose()
            End Try
        Finally
            stream.Dispose()
        End Try
        stringToPrint = documentContents
    
    End Sub

    Sub printDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs) Handles printDocument1.PrintPage

        Dim charactersOnPage As Integer = 0
        Dim linesPerPage As Integer = 0

        ' Sets the value of charactersOnPage to the number of characters 
        ' of stringToPrint that will fit within the bounds of the page.
        e.Graphics.MeasureString(stringToPrint, Me.Font, e.MarginBounds.Size, _
            StringFormat.GenericTypographic, charactersOnPage, linesPerPage)

        ' Draws the string within the bounds of the page.
        e.Graphics.DrawString(stringToPrint, Me.Font, Brushes.Black, _
            e.MarginBounds, StringFormat.GenericTypographic)

        ' Remove the portion of the string that has been printed.
        stringToPrint = stringToPrint.Substring(charactersOnPage)

        ' Check to see if more pages are to be printed.
        e.HasMorePages = stringToPrint.Length > 0

        ' If there are no more pages, reset the string to be printed.
        If Not e.HasMorePages Then
            stringToPrint = documentContents
        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub printPreviewButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles printPreviewButton.Click

        ReadDocument()
        printPreviewDialog1.Document = printDocument1
        printPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog()
    End Sub

    <STAThread()>  _
    Shared Sub Main() 
        Application.EnableVisualStyles()
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
        Application.Run(New Form1())
    
    End Sub
End Class 

Compilazione del codice

L'esempio presenta i requisiti seguenti:

  • Riferimenti agli assembly System, System.Windows.Forms e System.Drawing.

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