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Printing a Form/UserControl in C#

My Program: Contains a form with few textboxes and one button. 'Default Printer' is set as Adobe PDF on my computer.

My Goal: Want to take a screenshot of a form/usercontrol when the user clicks 'Print' button. The screenshot is then saved on the desktop in .pdf format.

My Problem: I have following two problems with the code:

  1. Size of Screenshot: The size of the screenshot is too big and it does not fit the size of the page (default page size) when printed/converted to .pdf. Please refer the two images below. I want the entire screenshot to fit inside the page.
  2. Asks twice where to convert and save: When I click on 'Print Form' button, programs asks me TWICE where to print/convert and save the file. I want the program to ask me only Once, where to print and save the file.

Problem 1: The screenshot captured by the program does not fit the page when printed. Problem 1: The screenshot captured by the program does not fit the page when printed.

I want the screenshot image to fit like this on one page of .pdf: enter image description here

Code:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        button1.Text = "Print Form";
        button1.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click);
        printDocument1.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(printDocument1_PrintPage);
        this.Controls.Add(button1);
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CaptureScreen();
        printDocument1.Print();
    }

    Bitmap memoryImage;

    private void CaptureScreen()
    {
        Graphics myGraphics = this.CreateGraphics();
        Size s = this.Size;
        memoryImage = new Bitmap(s.Width, s.Height, myGraphics);
        Graphics memoryGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(memoryImage);
        memoryGraphics.CopyFromScreen(this.Location.X, this.Location.Y, 0, 0, s);
    }

    private void printDocument1_PrintPage(System.Object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
    {
        e.Graphics.DrawImage(memoryImage, 0, 0);
    }
}

Thanks for your help in advance. I am a newbie, learning c# language and your help will be much appreciated. :)

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Smith Avatar asked Oct 03 '13 17:10

Smith


1 Answers

Ok, check this out, and the modified printDocument1_PrintPage in particular:

        private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
        {
            // calculate width and height scalings taking page margins into account
            var wScale = e.MarginBounds.Width / (float)_memoryImage.Width;
            var hScale = e.MarginBounds.Height / (float)_memoryImage.Height;

            // choose the smaller of the two scales
            var scale = wScale < hScale ? wScale : hScale;

            // apply scaling to the image
            e.Graphics.ScaleTransform(scale, scale);

            // print to default printer's page
            e.Graphics.DrawImage(_memoryImage, 0, 0);
        }

I moved all the event wireup into InitializeComponent where it's usually supposed to go but it's more involved code:

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

namespace testScreenCapScale
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            CaptureScreen();
            printDocument1.Print();
        }

        private Bitmap _memoryImage;

        private void CaptureScreen()
        {
            // put into using construct because Graphics objects do not 
            //  get automatically disposed when leaving method scope
            using (var myGraphics = CreateGraphics())
            {
                var s = Size;
                _memoryImage = new Bitmap(s.Width, s.Height, myGraphics);
                using (var memoryGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(_memoryImage))
                {
                    memoryGraphics.CopyFromScreen(Location.X, Location.Y, 0, 0, s);
                }
            }
        }

        private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
        {
            // calculate width and height scalings taking page margins into account
            var wScale = e.MarginBounds.Width / (float)_memoryImage.Width;
            var hScale = e.MarginBounds.Height / (float)_memoryImage.Height;

            // choose the smaller of the two scales
            var scale = wScale < hScale ? wScale : hScale;

            // apply scaling to the image
            e.Graphics.ScaleTransform(scale, scale);

            // print to default printer's page
            e.Graphics.DrawImage(_memoryImage, 0, 0);
        }
    }
}

Form1.Designer.cs

namespace testScreenCapScale
{
    partial class Form1
    {
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
                components.Dispose();
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.printDocument1 = new System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument();
            this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // printDocument1
            // 
            this.printDocument1.PrintPage += new System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventHandler(this.printDocument1_PrintPage);
            // 
            // button1
            // 
            this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(64, 220);
            this.button1.Name = "button1";
            this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
            this.button1.Text = "button1";
            this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(384, 377);
            this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Form1";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }

        private System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument printDocument1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
    }
}
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Paul Sasik Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 14:10

Paul Sasik