C#•2y ago

❔ Printing text using e.Graphics and label bounds

I'm trying to print what is shown on a winform and realized that using a bitmap just wouldn't give me the results I needed, and that I'd need to use e.Graphics to just manually draw everything. While time consuming, it's not a huge deal since it's just a lot of similarly named labels. The problem I'm having is that label text isn't being put in the correct place when I use label.bounds.location. I've attached a partial screenshot of what I see in the form and also what I'm seeing in the print preview. Also, here's the code I'm using:

private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
        {
            //e.Graphics.DrawImage(memoryImage, e.MarginBounds);

            Pen blackPen = new Pen(Color.Black);
            Brush blackBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);

            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewRoot.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSSSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSSDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSDSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSDDam.Bounds);

            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDSSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDSDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDDSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDDDam.Bounds);

            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblFarmNameRoot.Text, lblFarmNameRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblFarmNameRoot.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblRabbitNameRoot.Text, lblRabbitNameRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblRabbitNameRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblEarNumRoot.Text, lblEarNumRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblEarNumRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblColorRoot.Text, lblColorRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblColorRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblRegNumRoot.Text, lblRegNumRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblRegNumRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblGCNumRoot.Text, lblGCNumRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblGCNumRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblSexRoot.Text, lblSexRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblSexRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblBirthdayRoot.Text, lblBirthdayRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblBirthdayRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblWeightRoot.Text, lblWeightRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblWeightRoot.Bounds.Location);
        }

private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
        {
            //e.Graphics.DrawImage(memoryImage, e.MarginBounds);

            Pen blackPen = new Pen(Color.Black);
            Brush blackBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);

            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewRoot.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSSSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSSDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSDSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewSDDam.Bounds);

            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDSSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDSDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDDam.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDDSire.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rabbitBoxViewDDDam.Bounds);

            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblFarmNameRoot.Text, lblFarmNameRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblFarmNameRoot.Bounds);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblRabbitNameRoot.Text, lblRabbitNameRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblRabbitNameRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblEarNumRoot.Text, lblEarNumRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblEarNumRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblColorRoot.Text, lblColorRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblColorRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblRegNumRoot.Text, lblRegNumRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblRegNumRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblGCNumRoot.Text, lblGCNumRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblGCNumRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblSexRoot.Text, lblSexRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblSexRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblBirthdayRoot.Text, lblBirthdayRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblBirthdayRoot.Bounds.Location);
            e.Graphics.DrawString(lblWeightRoot.Text, lblWeightRoot.Font, blackBrush, lblWeightRoot.Bounds.Location);
        }

14 Replies

HimmDawg•2y ago

Have you tried to debug cour code? Maybe the location is set to (0, 0) somewhere

fireshaperOP•2y ago

good Idea

fireshaperOP•2y ago

Yeah, it's not very far from where it's displaying

fireshaperOP•2y ago

compared to the location of the box

HimmDawg•2y ago

That is because the location of the label is relative to the box

fireshaperOP•2y ago

aha! That makes sense so I should do the box's bounds + the label

HimmDawg•2y ago

Yeah that'd work

fireshaperOP•2y ago

that looks a lot better

fireshaperOP•2y ago

Thanks Is there a way to use e.MarginBounds when drawing rectangles and text manually? My form is apparently larger than the print area

fireshaperOP•2y ago

fireshaperOP•2y ago

HimmDawg•2y ago

Not sure how MarginBounds would help fluffyFoxLurk

you have to somehow project the image you wanna print to the print area

fireshaperOP•2y ago

When I was just doing a bitmap of the screen I could use e.MarginBounds in the DrawImage to tell it to print to the bounds of the page But I guess that's not an option since I'm manually drawing everything now

Accord•2y ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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