Class PrintOutWinForms

Report processing driver using Windows.Forms, it can preview, print, show a print dialog. This driver does not support interaction with the Report, like altering Report parameters in preview window. But is useful when working the already generated MetaFiles. The PrintOutReportWinForms at Reportman.Reporting.Forms provides the full interactive functionality like page setup or altering parameters at preview window.

Inheritance
object
PrintOut
PrintOutNet
PrintOutPrint
PrintOutWinForms
PrintOutReportWinForms
Implements
Inherited Members
Namespace: Reportman.Drawing.Forms
Assembly: Reportman.Drawing.Forms.dll
Syntax
public class PrintOutWinForms : PrintOutPrint, IDisposable
Examples
Report rp=new Report();
rp.LoadFromFile("test.rep");
PrintOutWinForms prw=new PrintOutWinForms;
prw.Print(rp.MetaFile);

Constructors

PrintOutWinForms()

Declaration
public PrintOutWinForms()

Fields

FPreviewWindow

Internal PreviewWinForms

Declaration
protected PreviewWinFormsControl FPreviewWindow
Field Value
Type Description
PreviewWinFormsControl

LargeButtons

Declaration
public bool LargeButtons
Field Value
Type Description
bool

MAX_SERIECOLORS

Declaration
public const int MAX_SERIECOLORS = 21
Field Value
Type Description
int

MainForm

Set MainForm to avoid problems with modal dialogs

Declaration
public Form MainForm
Field Value
Type Description
Form

OnMail

Declaration
public SendMailEvent OnMail
Field Value
Type Description
SendMailEvent

ShowEmptyReportMessage

Show a message when the report is empty (no data available to print)

Declaration
public bool ShowEmptyReportMessage
Field Value
Type Description
bool

ShowInTaskbar

Set it to true to show an icon in task bar for the preview window

Declaration
public bool ShowInTaskbar
Field Value
Type Description
bool

ShowPrintDialog

When the output is the printer, before processing, a standard print dialog will be shown to the user

Declaration
public bool ShowPrintDialog
Field Value
Type Description
bool

UseGDIPlus

By default GDI+ is ude, if this is set to false the Internal GDI functions will be used

Declaration
public bool UseGDIPlus
Field Value
Type Description
bool

WindowMode

Declaration
public PreviewWindowMode WindowMode
Field Value
Type Description
PreviewWindowMode

previewmetafile

Internal PreviewMetaFile

Declaration
protected PreviewMetaFile previewmetafile
Field Value
Type Description
PreviewMetaFile

Properties

Preview

Set preview if you want the output on the screen

Declaration
public bool Preview { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
bool

PreviewWindow

Declaration
public PreviewWinFormsControl PreviewWindow { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
PreviewWinFormsControl

SystemPreview

Set this property to true, combined with Preview, to show the standard system preview dialog, instead of the Report Manager preview dialog.

Declaration
public bool SystemPreview { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
bool

Methods

AddFunctionToChart(Chart, Series, SeriesItem)

Declaration
public static void AddFunctionToChart(Chart nchart, Series serie, SeriesItem sitem)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Chart nchart
Series serie
SeriesItem sitem

Dispose()

Free memory consumed by graphics resources

Declaration
public override void Dispose()
Overrides

DrawChart(Series, MetaFile, int, int, object)

Declaration
public override void DrawChart(Series nseries, MetaFile ametafile, int posx, int posy, object achart)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Series nseries
MetaFile ametafile
int posx
int posy
object achart
Overrides

DrawChartBitmap(Series)

Declaration
public Bitmap DrawChartBitmap(Series nseries)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Series nseries
Returns
Type Description
Bitmap

DrawString(Graphics, string, Font, Brush, Rectangle, StringFormat)

Declaration
public override void DrawString(Graphics gr, string atext, Font font, Brush brush, Rectangle arec, StringFormat sformat)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Graphics gr
string atext
Font font
Brush brush
Rectangle arec
StringFormat sformat
Overrides

DrawString(Graphics, string, Font, Brush, float, float, StringFormat)

Declaration
public override void DrawString(Graphics gr, string atext, Font font, Brush brush, float posx, float posy, StringFormat sformat)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Graphics gr
string atext
Font font
Brush brush
float posx
float posy
StringFormat sformat
Overrides

ExecutePrintDialog()

Declaration
public bool ExecutePrintDialog()
Returns
Type Description
bool

FormatFlatsToTextFormatFlags(StringFormat)

Declaration
public static TextFormatFlags FormatFlatsToTextFormatFlags(StringFormat oldflags)
Parameters
Type Name Description
StringFormat oldflags
Returns
Type Description
TextFormatFlags

MeasureString(Graphics, string, Font, SizeF, StringFormat, out int, out int)

Declaration
public override SizeF MeasureString(Graphics gr, string atext, Font font, SizeF layoutarea, StringFormat sformat, out int charsfit, out int linesfit)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Graphics gr
string atext
Font font
SizeF layoutarea
StringFormat sformat
int charsfit
int linesfit
Returns
Type Description
SizeF
Overrides

Print(MetaFile)

Process a MetaFile, printing or previewing

Declaration
public override bool Print(MetaFile meta)
Parameters
Type Name Description
MetaFile meta

MetaFile to print
Returns
Type Description
bool
Overrides

ProcessNoDataToPrint()

When the user does not handle the no data to print event. A message is shown

Declaration
protected override void ProcessNoDataToPrint()
Overrides

SelectDefaultPrinter(Form)

Declaration
public static bool SelectDefaultPrinter(Form MainForm = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Form MainForm
Returns
Type Description
bool

SetReportEvents()

Used in derived versions to manager events for report alteration (page setup and parameters)

Declaration
protected virtual void SetReportEvents()

Implements