Has anybody used the printdialog and made it work (like printing more than 1 copies)? The examples in the "HELP" don't work. You go through the printdialog screen but the values you select there are ignored. The examples I am talking about are found in \program files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\Quickstart\winforms\samples\printing\example5\vb\PrintingExample5. Thanks in advance.
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PrintDialog does not work 1
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krisbrixon
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I used examples from the book "Mastering Visual Baisc.NET"
Chapter 15 is on printing. I got the print dialog to work ok, my problem was with the print button on the print preview dialog.
Chapter 15 is on printing. I got the print dialog to work ok, my problem was with the print button on the print preview dialog.
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krisbrixon
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My little sample is printing 2 copies, but it is not collating them (I think you have to do that in the code)
I am not sure which part of my code is allowing it to print and I don't want to post all the code (it will be hard to read)
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I am not sure which part of my code is allowing it to print and I don't want to post all the code (it will be hard to read)
see:
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I just copied and pasted that code into a project, and the Copies function does not work (prints out 1 regardless of what you type).
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krisbrixon
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I think you have to handle this looping yourself by looking at the value in:
PrintDocument1.PrinterSettings.Copies
You probably need to call again the print function for each copy.
Other people might have a more firm answer. This was my first and only attempt at printing so far and all I wanted to do was see how close this printing style was to the way I used to do it in Clipper. If you want reports then maybe try Crystal Reports.
Kris
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PrintDocument1.PrinterSettings.Copies
You probably need to call again the print function for each copy.
Other people might have a more firm answer. This was my first and only attempt at printing so far and all I wanted to do was see how close this printing style was to the way I used to do it in Clipper. If you want reports then maybe try Crystal Reports.
Kris
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I have written Microsoft about this problem and this is their response:
This is Bina Shukla from Microsoft Developer Support. I did research about your problem of PRINTDIALOG printing only 1 copy. This issue is a known bug in the current release of .NET framework and is fixed in the next release of .NET Framework due later this year. Unfortunately there is no workaround for this issue. I'll mark this incident as free so you will not be charged for this incident. Please let me know if you have further questions regarding this issue or you think it is ok to archive this issue for now.
This is Bina Shukla from Microsoft Developer Support. I did research about your problem of PRINTDIALOG printing only 1 copy. This issue is a known bug in the current release of .NET framework and is fixed in the next release of .NET Framework due later this year. Unfortunately there is no workaround for this issue. I'll mark this incident as free so you will not be charged for this incident. Please let me know if you have further questions regarding this issue or you think it is ok to archive this issue for now.
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