I've searched how to print a simple WebView
as :
<WebView x:Name="MyWebView" Source="http://www.stackoverflow.com" />
I tried many things as :
How do I print WebView content in a Windows Store App?
This solution is sadly not updated for Windows 10 UWP apps, but, I converted it so the obsoletes functions would work that leads me to another problem.
To print, I used some classes from the sample (Windows-universal-samples/Samples/Printing/cs/) because I need the preview. I put the example given in the above mentioned question as :
<RichTextBlock
x:Name="TextContent"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
Width="595"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Foreground="Black"
IsTextSelectionEnabled="True"
OverflowContentTarget="{Binding ElementName=FirstLinkedContainer}">
<Paragraph>
<InlineUIContainer> [The question XAML]
The overflow is not managed, and so the WebView
is seen like this :
Note: I'm new to XAML language and the logic behind this.
I would like an update on how to do this and if this is possible ?
EDIT:
Here's the code behind of my PageToPrint.xaml.cs
:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Windows.UI.Xaml;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Navigation;
namespace TestPrint
{
/// <summary>
/// Page content to send to the printer
/// </summary>
public sealed partial class PageToPrint : Page
{
public RichTextBlock TextContentBlock { get; set; }
public PageToPrint()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
TextContentBlock = TextContent;
MyWebView.LoadCompleted += MyWebView_LoadCompletedAsync;
}
async void MyWebView_LoadCompletedAsync(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e)
{
MyWebViewRectangle.Fill = await GetWebViewBrushAsync(MyWebView);
MyPrintPages.ItemsSource = await GetWebPagesAsync(MyWebView, new Windows.Foundation.Size(100d, 150d));
MyWebView.Visibility = Windows.UI.Xaml.Visibility.Visible;
}
async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<WebViewBrush> GetWebViewBrushAsync(WebView webView)
{
// resize width to content
var _OriginalWidth = webView.Width;
var _WidthString = await webView.InvokeScriptAsync("eval",
new[] { "document.body.scrollWidth.toString()" });
int _ContentWidth;
if (!int.TryParse(_WidthString, out _ContentWidth))
throw new Exception(string.Format("failure/width:{0}", _WidthString));
webView.Width = _ContentWidth;
// resize height to content
var _OriginalHeight = webView.Height;
var _HeightString = await webView.InvokeScriptAsync("eval",
new[] { "document.body.scrollHeight.toString()" });
int _ContentHeight;
if (!int.TryParse(_HeightString, out _ContentHeight))
throw new Exception(string.Format("failure/height:{0}", _HeightString));
webView.Height = _ContentHeight;
// create brush
var _OriginalVisibilty = webView.Visibility;
webView.Visibility = Windows.UI.Xaml.Visibility.Visible;
var _Brush = new WebViewBrush
{
SourceName = webView.Name,
Stretch = Stretch.Uniform
};
_Brush.Redraw();
// reset, return
webView.Width = _OriginalWidth;
webView.Height = _OriginalHeight;
webView.Visibility = _OriginalVisibilty;
return _Brush;
}
async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<IEnumerable<FrameworkElement>> GetWebPagesAsync(WebView webView, Windows.Foundation.Size page)
{
// ask the content its width
var _WidthString = await webView.InvokeScriptAsync("eval",
new[] { "document.body.scrollWidth.toString()" });
int _ContentWidth;
if (!int.TryParse(_WidthString, out _ContentWidth))
throw new Exception(string.Format("failure/width:{0}", _WidthString));
webView.Width = _ContentWidth;
// ask the content its height
var _HeightString = await webView.InvokeScriptAsync("eval",
new[] { "document.body.scrollHeight.toString()" });
int _ContentHeight;
if (!int.TryParse(_HeightString, out _ContentHeight))
throw new Exception(string.Format("failure/height:{0}", _HeightString));
webView.Height = _ContentHeight;
// how many pages will there be?
var _Scale = page.Width / _ContentWidth;
var _ScaledHeight = (_ContentHeight * _Scale);
var _PageCount = (double)_ScaledHeight / page.Height;
_PageCount = _PageCount + ((_PageCount > (int)_PageCount) ? 1 : 0);
// create the pages
var _Pages = new List<Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Rectangle>();
for (int i = 0; i < (int)_PageCount; i++)
{
var _TranslateY = -page.Height * i;
var _Page = new Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Rectangle
{
Height = page.Height,
Width = page.Width,
Margin = new Thickness(5),
Tag = new TranslateTransform { Y = _TranslateY },
};
_Page.Loaded += async (s, e) =>
{
var _Rectangle = s as Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Rectangle;
var _Brush = await GetWebViewBrushAsync(webView);
_Brush.Stretch = Stretch.UniformToFill;
_Brush.AlignmentY = AlignmentY.Top;
_Brush.Transform = _Rectangle.Tag as TranslateTransform;
_Rectangle.Fill = _Brush;
};
_Pages.Add(_Page);
}
return _Pages;
}
}
}
It is not supported on Android." Android phones don't have native support for printing yet, so window. print() will not work.
For your requment, I simplified the PrintHelper
of official sample and created a simple sample to print WebView via use WebViewBrush
.
<Page.BottomAppBar>
<CommandBar>
<AppBarButton
x:Name="appbar_Printer"
Click="appbar_Printer_Click"
Label="printer" />
</CommandBar>
</Page.BottomAppBar>
<Grid x:Name="PrintArea" Background="White">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="995" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="300" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="50"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<WebView Grid.Column="0" x:Name="MyWebView" Source="http://www.stackoverflow.com" HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
<Rectangle Grid.Column="1" x:Name="MyWebViewRectangle" Fill="Red" />
<Button Grid.Column="2" Content="Print" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
When the WebView load completed, you could add the MyWebViewRectangle
that fill with WebViewBrush
to printDoc
.
private async void appbar_Printer_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (printDoc != null)
{
printDoc.GetPreviewPage -= OnGetPreviewPage;
printDoc.Paginate -= PrintDic_Paginate;
printDoc.AddPages -= PrintDic_AddPages;
}
this.printDoc = new PrintDocument();
printDoc.GetPreviewPage += OnGetPreviewPage;
printDoc.Paginate += PrintDic_Paginate;
printDoc.AddPages += PrintDic_AddPages;
bool showPrint = await PrintManager.ShowPrintUIAsync();
}
private void PrintDic_AddPages(object sender, AddPagesEventArgs e)
{
Rectangle page = (Rectangle)this.FindName("MyWebViewRectangle");
printDoc.AddPage(page);
printDoc.AddPagesComplete();
}
private void PrintDic_Paginate(object sender, PaginateEventArgs e)
{
PrintTaskOptions opt = task.Options;
PrintTaskOptionDetails printDetailedOptions = PrintTaskOptionDetails.GetFromPrintTaskOptions(e.PrintTaskOptions);
printDoc.SetPreviewPageCount(1, PreviewPageCountType.Final);
}
I have uploaded the code sample to github that you could refer to.
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With