How does your print preview dialog know what document to display in the print preview? The code you've listed here only tells the computer to show the print preview window.
http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_print_and_preview.html On Feb 19, 6:49 am, Laura <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I need to be able to print the entire contents of a datagridview or > even if you have to select/highlight the columns/rows to print. > > I have the printdialog, printdocument and a printpreviewdialog on the > form already. I got some code from a friend to print but the code she > gave me was for printing the contents of a listbox and while I've > adjusted it a little, I know its not right. > > I've been looking it up online a bit and found a good few sample > projects/code and all of them seem really complex - formatting the > contents of every cell, etc. > > Here's the code I have so far anyway; > > Private Sub PrintToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As > System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles > PrintToolStripMenuItem.Click > If Me.PrintDialog1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK > Then > Me.PrintDocument1.Print() > End If > End Sub > > Private Sub PrintDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As > System.Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) > Handles PrintDocument1.PrintPage > Dim x As Integer = e.MarginBounds.Left > Dim y As Single = e.MarginBounds.Top > Dim lineheight As Single = Me.DataGridView1.Font.GetHeight > (e.Graphics) > For Each item As String In Me.DataGridView1.Rows > e.Graphics.DrawString(item, Me.DataGridView1.Font, > Brushes.Black, x, y) > y += lineheight > Next > End Sub > > Private Sub PrintPreviewToolStripMenuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As > System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles > PrintPreviewToolStripMenuItem1.Click > PrintPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog() > End Sub > > Just to add, what happens when I run the project is if I hit the print > button, the print dialog thing comes up, but I don't even have my > laptop connected to a printer, and if I bring up the print preview > thing, it has nothing to preview. > > I know the line for each item as string in me.datagridview1.rows > probably isn't right is it? > > Any advice on what I need to do to get this code going?? > > Thanks
