Gewusst wie: Drucken einer mehrseitigen Textdatei in Windows Forms

Texte werden in Windows-basierten Anwendungen häufig gedruckt. Die Graphics-Klasse stellt Methoden bereit, mit denen Objekte (Grafik oder Text) auf einem Gerät, z. B. auf einem Bildschirm oder Drucker, gezeichnet werden können.

Tipp

Die DrawText-Methoden von TextRenderer werden zum Drucken nicht unterstützt. Sie sollten zu druckenden Text stets mit den DrawString-Methoden von Graphics zeichnen (siehe folgendes Codebeispiel).

So drucken Sie Text

  1. Fügen Sie dem Formular eine PrintDocument-Komponente und eine Zeichenfolge hinzu.

    Private printDocument1 As New PrintDocument()
    Private stringToPrint As String
    
    private PrintDocument printDocument1 = new PrintDocument();
    private string stringToPrint;
    
  2. Zum Drucken eines Dokuments muss die DocumentName-Eigenschaft auf das zu druckende Dokument festgelegt werden. Dann kann das Dokument geöffnet und dessen Inhalt in die von Ihnen hinzugefügte Zeichenfolge eingelesen werden.

    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
            stringToPrint = reader.ReadToEnd()
        Finally
            reader.Dispose()
        End Try
    Finally
        stream.Dispose()
    End Try
    
    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))
    {
        stringToPrint = reader.ReadToEnd();
    }
    
  3. Verwenden Sie im PrintPage-Ereignishandler die Eigenschaft Graphics der PrintPageEventArgs-Klasse und den Inhalt des Dokuments zum Berechnen der Zeilenlänge und der Anzahl der Zeilen pro Seite. Überprüfen Sie nach jeder Seitenausgabe, ob die Seite die letzte Seite ist, und legen Sie die Eigenschaft HasMorePages PrintPageEventArgs entsprechend fest. Das Ereignis PrintPage wird ausgelöst, bis die Eigenschaft HasMorePages den Wert false hat. Stellen Sie ebenfalls sicher, dass das Ereignis PrintPage mit der entsprechenden Ereignisbehandlungsmethode verknüpft ist.

    Im folgenden Codebeispiel wird der Ereignishandler zum Drucken der Datei "testPage.txt" mit der im Formular verwendeten Schriftart verwendet.

    Private Sub printDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs)
    
        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
    
    End Sub
    
    private 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);
    }
    
  4. Rufen Sie die Print-Methode auf, um das PrintPage-Ereignis auszulösen.

    printDocument1.Print()
    
    printDocument1.Print();
    

Beispiel

Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Private printButton As Button

    Private printDocument1 As New PrintDocument()
    Private stringToPrint As String

    Public Sub New() 
        Me.printButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.printButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(12, 51)
        Me.printButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 23)
        Me.printButton.Text = "Print"
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266)
    End Sub

    Private Sub ReadFile() 
        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
                stringToPrint = reader.ReadToEnd()
            Finally
                reader.Dispose()
            End Try
        Finally
            stream.Dispose()
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub printDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs)

        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

    End Sub

    Private Sub printButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) 
        ReadFile()
        printDocument1.Print()
    End Sub


    <STAThread()>  _
    Shared Sub Main() 
        Application.EnableVisualStyles()
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
        Application.Run(New Form1())
    End Sub
End Class
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace PrintApp
{
    public class Form1 : Form
    {
        private Button printButton;
        private PrintDocument printDocument1 = new PrintDocument();
        private string stringToPrint;
        public Form1()
        {
            this.printButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.printButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 51);
            this.printButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.printButton.Text = "Print";
            this.printButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.printButton_Click);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 266);
            this.Controls.Add(this.printButton);

            // Associate the PrintPage event handler with the PrintPage event.
            printDocument1.PrintPage +=
                new PrintPageEventHandler(printDocument1_PrintPage);
        }

        private void ReadFile()
        {
            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))
            {
                stringToPrint = reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }

        private 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);
        }

        private void printButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ReadFile();
            printDocument1.Print();
        }

        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }
    }
}

Kompilieren des Codes

Für dieses Beispiel sind erforderlich:

Siehe auch

Referenz

Graphics

Brush

Weitere Ressourcen

Druckunterstützung in Windows Forms