Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library

Learning by Example: Adding Printing Capabilities to FontPad

In this example, we extend the FontPad application that we created in the previous section to include printing functionality. We do so by adding a Page Setup form that allows users to indicate things such as page size and orientation. We then create a simple Print Dialog form that enables users to indicate which printer they want to use and what pages they want printed.

Key Concepts Covered

The following represents the key class and concepts demonstrated with this sample application:

• Setting and enforcing margins on a printed page

• Using the PrintDocument class to output text to the printer

• Using the PaperSizes and PaperSources properties of the PrinterSettings class to return the sizes ...