I kow I should know how to do this but can someone show me how to use the following code with a button to print my DataGridView please?
It is from a previous post by Hannes in a thread about printing DataGridViews.Code:Private oStringFormat As StringFormat
Private oStringFormatComboBox As StringFormat
Private oButton As Button
Private oCheckbox As CheckBox
Private oComboBox As ComboBox
Private nTotalWidth As Int16
Private nRowPos As Int16
Private NewPage As Boolean
Private nPageNo As Int16
Private Header As String = "Header Test"
Private sUserName As String = "Will"
Private Sub PrintDocument1_BeginPrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs) Handles PrintDocument1.BeginPrint
oStringFormat = New StringFormat
oStringFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near
oStringFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
oStringFormat.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisCharacter
oStringFormatComboBox = New StringFormat
oStringFormatComboBox.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
oStringFormatComboBox.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.NoWrap
oStringFormatComboBox.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisCharacter
oButton = New Button
oCheckbox = New CheckBox
oComboBox = New ComboBox
nTotalWidth = 0
For Each oColumn As DataGridViewColumn In DataGridView1.Columns
nTotalWidth += oColumn.Width
Next
nPageNo = 1
NewPage = True
nRowPos = 0
End Sub
Private Sub PrintDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) Handles PrintDocument1.PrintPage
Static oColumnLefts As New ArrayList
Static oColumnWidths As New ArrayList
Static oColumnTypes As New ArrayList
Static nHeight As Int16
Dim nWidth, i, nRowsPerPage As Int16
Dim nTop As Int16 = e.MarginBounds.Top
Dim nLeft As Int16 = e.MarginBounds.Left
If nPageNo = 1 Then
For Each oColumn As DataGridViewColumn In DataGridView1.Columns
nWidth = CType(Math.Floor(oColumn.Width / nTotalWidth * nTotalWidth * (e.MarginBounds.Width / nTotalWidth)), Int16)
nHeight = e.Graphics.MeasureString(oColumn.HeaderText, oColumn.InheritedStyle.Font, nWidth).Height + 11
oColumnLefts.Add(nLeft)
oColumnWidths.Add(nWidth)
oColumnTypes.add(oColumn.GetType)
nLeft += nWidth
Next
End If
Do While nRowPos < DataGridView1.Rows.Count - 1
Dim oRow As DataGridViewRow = DataGridView1.Rows(nRowPos)
If nTop + nHeight >= e.MarginBounds.Height + e.MarginBounds.Top Then
DrawFooter(e, nRowsPerPage)
NewPage = True
nPageNo += 1
e.HasMorePages = True
Exit Sub
Else
If NewPage Then
' Draw Header
e.Graphics.DrawString(Header, New Font(DataGridView1.Font, FontStyle.Bold), Brushes.Black, e.MarginBounds.Left, e.MarginBounds.Top - e.Graphics.MeasureString(Header, New Font(DataGridView1.Font, FontStyle.Bold), e.MarginBounds.Width).Height - 13)
' Draw Columns
nTop = e.MarginBounds.Top
i = 0
For Each oColumn As DataGridViewColumn In DataGridView1.Columns
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(Drawing.Color.LightGray), New Rectangle(oColumnLefts(i), nTop, oColumnWidths(i), nHeight))
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, New Rectangle(oColumnLefts(i), nTop, oColumnWidths(i), nHeight))
e.Graphics.DrawString(oColumn.HeaderText, oColumn.InheritedStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(oColumn.InheritedStyle.ForeColor), New RectangleF(oColumnLefts(i), nTop, oColumnWidths(i), nHeight), oStringFormat)
i += 1
Next
NewPage = False
End If
nTop += nHeight
i = 0
For Each oCell As DataGridViewCell In oRow.Cells
If oColumnTypes(i) Is GetType(DataGridViewTextBoxColumn) OrElse oColumnTypes(i) Is GetType(DataGridViewLinkColumn) Then
e.Graphics.DrawString(oCell.Value.ToString, oCell.InheritedStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(oCell.InheritedStyle.ForeColor), New RectangleF(oColumnLefts(i), nTop, oColumnWidths(i), nHeight), oStringFormat)
ElseIf oColumnTypes(i) Is GetType(DataGridViewButtonColumn) Then
oButton.Text = oCell.Value.ToString
oButton.Size = New Size(oColumnWidths(i), nHeight)
Dim oBitmap As New Bitmap(oButton.Width, oButton.Height)
oButton.DrawToBitmap(oBitmap, New Rectangle(0, 0, oBitmap.Width, oBitmap.Height))
e.Graphics.DrawImage(oBitmap, New Point(oColumnLefts(i), nTop))
ElseIf oColumnTypes(i) Is GetType(DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn) Then
oCheckbox.Size = New Size(14, 14)
oCheckbox.Checked = CType(oCell.Value, Boolean)
Dim oBitmap As New Bitmap(oColumnWidths(i), nHeight)
Dim oTempGraphics As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(oBitmap)
oTempGraphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.White, New Rectangle(0, 0, oBitmap.Width, oBitmap.Height))
oCheckbox.DrawToBitmap(oBitmap, New Rectangle(CType((oBitmap.Width - oCheckbox.Width) / 2, Int32), CType((oBitmap.Height - oCheckbox.Height) / 2, Int32), oCheckbox.Width, oCheckbox.Height))
e.Graphics.DrawImage(oBitmap, New Point(oColumnLefts(i), nTop))
ElseIf oColumnTypes(i) Is GetType(DataGridViewComboBoxColumn) Then
oComboBox.Size = New Size(oColumnWidths(i), nHeight)
Dim oBitmap As New Bitmap(oComboBox.Width, oComboBox.Height)
oComboBox.DrawToBitmap(oBitmap, New Rectangle(0, 0, oBitmap.Width, oBitmap.Height))
e.Graphics.DrawImage(oBitmap, New Point(oColumnLefts(i), nTop))
e.Graphics.DrawString(oCell.Value.ToString, oCell.InheritedStyle.Font, New SolidBrush(oCell.InheritedStyle.ForeColor), New RectangleF(oColumnLefts(i) + 1, nTop, oColumnWidths(i) - 16, nHeight), oStringFormatComboBox)
ElseIf oColumnTypes(i) Is GetType(DataGridViewImageColumn) Then
Dim oCellSize As Rectangle = New Rectangle(oColumnLefts(i), nTop, oColumnWidths(i), nHeight)
Dim oImageSize As Size = CType(oCell.Value, Image).Size
e.Graphics.DrawImage(oCell.Value, New Rectangle(oColumnLefts(i) + CType(((oCellSize.Width - oImageSize.Width) / 2), Int32), nTop + CType(((oCellSize.Height - oImageSize.Height) / 2), Int32), CType(oCell.Value, Image).Width, CType(oCell.Value, Image).Height))
End If
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, New Rectangle(oColumnLefts(i), nTop, oColumnWidths(i), nHeight))
i += 1
Next
End If
nRowPos += 1
nRowsPerPage += 1
Loop
DrawFooter(e, nRowsPerPage)
e.HasMorePages = False
End Sub
Private Sub DrawFooter(ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs, ByVal RowsPerPage As Int32)
Dim sPageNo As String = nPageNo.ToString + " of " + Math.Ceiling(DataGridView1.Rows.Count / RowsPerPage).ToString
' Right Align - User Name
e.Graphics.DrawString(sUserName, DataGridView1.Font, Brushes.Black, e.MarginBounds.Left + (e.MarginBounds.Width - e.Graphics.MeasureString(sPageNo, DataGridView1.Font, e.MarginBounds.Width).Width), e.MarginBounds.Top + e.MarginBounds.Height + 7)
' Left Align - Date/Time
e.Graphics.DrawString(Now.ToLongDateString + " " + Now.ToShortTimeString, DataGridView1.Font, Brushes.Black, e.MarginBounds.Left, e.MarginBounds.Top + e.MarginBounds.Height + 7)
' Center - Page No. Info
e.Graphics.DrawString(sPageNo, DataGridView1.Font, Brushes.Black, e.MarginBounds.Left + (e.MarginBounds.Width - e.Graphics.MeasureString(sPageNo, DataGridView1.Font, e.MarginBounds.Width).Width) / 2, e.MarginBounds.Top + e.MarginBounds.Height + 31)
End SubThanks in advance
Thanks in advance ;)
