Print Map control

[Iwan van Ee]

Can I print the Map from the Mapcontrol? And even more specific can we print on papersizes bigger than A3?

[Andrey]

Hi Iwan,

The printing of the RadMap content could be done using standard Silverlight approach.
The sample code is below.

<UserControl x:Class="Printing.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    Height="300" Width="400"
    d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <telerik:RadMap x:Name="radMap"
                        ZoomLevel="4"
                        Center="37.684297,-99.06924">
        </telerik:RadMap>
        <Button Content="Print"
                Name="btnPrint"
                Width="75"
                Height="23"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Top"
                Click="btnPrint_Click" />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Printing;
using Telerik.Windows.Controls.Map;

namespace Printing
{
    public partial class MainPage : UserControl
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            var provider = new OpenStreetMapProvider();
            radMap.Provider = provider;
        }

        private void btnPrint_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            PrintDocument document = new PrintDocument();
            document.PrintPage += (s, args) =>
            {
                args.PageVisual = this.radMap;
            };

            document.Print("Silverlight Print Application Demo");
        }
    }
}

Kind regards,
Andrey Murzov
the Telerik team

[Adam]

i like this idea but i wonder what i should do if i want add lanscape A1 ,  lanscape A2 ,lanscape A3 in combobox ??

[Andrey]

Hello Adam,

Actually this topic is a bit outside of the scope of the RadMap support. But I did a few experiments and searched on the Internet for a possible solution. I've found a very good article on Silverlight printing (including landscape printing) with ready to use code:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/SilverlightEasyPrint.aspx

I've copied the code from this page to my sample application and I was able to print RadMap in landscape mode with full map fit to page. The calling code is simple (it is possible after adding the code from this article):

<ScrollViewer Width="600" Height="400" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible">
    <telerik:RadMap x:Name="radMap" Width="1000" Height="800">
        <telerik:RadMap.Provider>
            <telerik:OpenStreetMapProvider />
        </telerik:RadMap.Provider>
    </telerik:RadMap>
</ScrollViewer>

this.radMap.Print("Map",
    HorizontalAlignment.Stretch,
    VerticalAlignment.Stretch,
    new Thickness(10),
    true,
    true,
    null);

I hope it will help you.

All the best,
Andrey Murzov
the Telerik team