[RESOLVED] Second thread help needed - mail issue

[nbmprivat]

Hello again

I know how to send mail and define the email body. Here's my issue:

I have a form with checkboxes and textfields which I want to print out. Is there any easy way to go about this?

I was thinking about transfering the information entered into a text file and print it out, but that just seems too stupid.

[jmcilhinney]

What does the printing have to do with the e-mail?

[gigemboy]

So are these just strings of text?? If so, check out a .NET printing class

If you wish to just print an image of the form, check out my sig for the "Easy Screen Capture Class" in order to get a snapshot of the form by its handle....

[nbmprivat]

I mean printing... But I also have to send the form info to email. I forgot to say. Sorry

[nbmprivat]

So are these just strings of text?? If so, check out a .NET printing class

If you wish to just print an image of the form, check out my sig for the "Easy Screen Capture Class" in order to get a snapshot of the form by its handle....

I will try this special class. Thank you.

[nbmprivat]

Last thing thoug. The window img grabber works fine. Anybody know how to print directly from memory? This would be preferable so that I won't be messing with the clients harddrive.

And also. The printdocument class makes no sense to me.

[jmcilhinney]

Actually, the PrintDocument class and it's use are really quite simple, but widely misunderstood because they don't work how people expect printing to work.

1. You create a PrintDocument object.
2. You call its Print method.
3. You handle its PrintPage event and use GDI+ to print exactly what you want, exactly where you want.

The reason people get confused is that they don't know how to use GDI+ properly. It may seem like a lot of trouble to calculate exactly where on a page something has to be printed, what font to use and so on, but this method gives you absolute control over every aspect of your printing, so it's very powerful. Here's a quick example that will print three lines, one to a page, displaying the current page number:

Private pageNumber As Integer 'The number of the page being printed.
 
    Private Sub Print()
        Dim pd As New Printing.PrintDocument()
 
        AddHandler pd.PrintPage, AddressOf PrintPage
 
        'Set the initial page number.
        Me.pageNumber = 1
 
        'Start printing.
        pd.Print()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub PrintPage(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs)
        Dim stringToPrint As String = String.Format("This is page {0}", Me.pageNumber)
        Dim printFont As New Font(FontFamily.GenericSansSerif, 12)
        Dim xLocation As Integer = 25
        Dim yLocation As Integer = 25 + (Me.pageNumber - 1) * 50
 
        'Draw the string on the printing surface.
        e.Graphics.DrawString(stringToPrint, printFont, Brushes.Black, xLocation, yLocation)
 
        If Me.pageNumber < 3 Then
            'Print more pages.
            Me.pageNumber += 1
            e.HasMorePages = True
        Else
            'All pages have been printed.
            e.HasMorePages = False
        End If
    End Sub

Note that if you set e.HasMorePages to True the PrintPage event will be raised again and you can print another page. This means that you need some way to keep track of where you are up to in the printing process. In this case I have used the class level variable named pageNumber. In a more complex scenario you may need to track more information between events. I've used the DrawString method to simply print a single string at a different location depending on the page. The Graphics object can draw strings, images and many different shapes, thus giving you an enormous range of things you can print.

[gigemboy]

The capture class does capture in memory (since you said it worked fine)... there are ways to just grab the image in an image object (CaptureWindow method), then you just use the graphics object to draw the image to print...

[nbmprivat]

Thanks guys... Hopefully I can figure it out. I will something with the above code.