Customize RadPrintDocument

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The RadPrintDocument class can be easily customized through inheritance. The following methods are virtual and they can be overridden with a custom implementation:

• PrintHeader: Defines how the header will be printed.
• PrintFooter: Responsible for painting the footer.
• PrintWatermark: Paints the watermark.
• PrintLogo: Paints the logo.

Fig. 1 Custom Header

In this example we will modify the header of the print document by introducing new properties, defining fonts, color and a new layout. The control which we will be printing is going to be RadGridView bound to the Categories table of the Northwind database. An example is available here.

Let us first create a class extending RadPrintDocument and define six new properties which will be used for painting a text with a specific font and size. We are also going to override the PrintHeader method and draw the contents of the newly introduced properties at specific locations:

Inheriting RadPrintDocument

C#

public class MyPrintDocument : RadPrintDocument
{
    public string LeftUpperText { get; set; }
    public Font LeftUpperFont { get; set; }
    public string LeftMiddleText { get; set; }
    public Font LeftMiddleFont { get; set; }
    public string LeftLowerText { get; set; }
    public Font LeftLowerFont { get; set; }
    protected override void PrintHeader(System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs args)
    {
        base.PrintHeader(args);
        Rectangle headerRect = new Rectangle(args.MarginBounds.Location, new Size(args.MarginBounds.Width, this.HeaderHeight));
        StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat();
        stringFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near;
        args.Graphics.DrawString(this.LeftUpperText, this.LeftUpperFont, Brushes.Red, new Rectangle(headerRect.X, headerRect.Y, headerRect.Width / 3, headerRect.Height / 3), stringFormat);
        args.Graphics.DrawString(this.LeftMiddleText, this.LeftMiddleFont, Brushes.Blue, new Rectangle(headerRect.X, headerRect.Y + headerRect.Height / 3, headerRect.Width / 3, headerRect.Height / 3), stringFormat);
        args.Graphics.DrawString(this.LeftLowerText, this.LeftLowerFont, Brushes.Green, new Rectangle(headerRect.X, headerRect.Y + (headerRect.Height) * 2 / 3, headerRect.Width / 3, headerRect.Height / 3), stringFormat);
        args.Graphics.DrawLine(new Pen(Brushes.Black), headerRect.Location, new Point(headerRect.Location.X + headerRect.Width, headerRect.Location.Y));
    }
}

VB.NET

Public Class MyPrintDocument
    Inherits RadPrintDocument
    Public Property LeftUpperText() As String
        Get
            Return m_LeftUpperText
        End Get
        Set(value As String)
            m_LeftUpperText = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Private m_LeftUpperText As String
    Public Property LeftUpperFont() As Font
        Get
            Return m_LeftUpperFont
        End Get
        Set(value As Font)
            m_LeftUpperFont = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Private m_LeftUpperFont As Font
    Public Property LeftMiddleText() As String
        Get
            Return m_LeftMiddleText
        End Get
        Set(value As String)
            m_LeftMiddleText = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Private m_LeftMiddleText As String
    Public Property LeftMiddleFont() As Font
        Get
            Return m_LeftMiddleFont
        End Get
        Set(value As Font)
            m_LeftMiddleFont = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Private m_LeftMiddleFont As Font
    Public Property LeftLowerText() As String
        Get
            Return m_LeftLowerText
        End Get
        Set(value As String)
            m_LeftLowerText = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Private m_LeftLowerText As String
    Public Property LeftLowerFont() As Font
        Get
            Return m_LeftLowerFont
        End Get
        Set(value As Font)
            m_LeftLowerFont = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Private m_LeftLowerFont As Font
    Protected Overrides Sub PrintHeader(args As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs)
        MyBase.PrintHeader(args)
        Dim headerRect As New Rectangle(args.MarginBounds.Location, New Size(args.MarginBounds.Width, Me.HeaderHeight))
        Dim stringFormat As New StringFormat()
        stringFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near
        args.Graphics.DrawString(Me.LeftUpperText, Me.LeftUpperFont, Brushes.Red, New Rectangle(headerRect.X, headerRect.Y, headerRect.Width / 3, headerRect.Height / 3), stringFormat)
        args.Graphics.DrawString(Me.LeftMiddleText, Me.LeftMiddleFont, Brushes.Blue, New Rectangle(headerRect.X, headerRect.Y + headerRect.Height / 3, headerRect.Width / 3, headerRect.Height / 3), stringFormat)
        args.Graphics.DrawString(Me.LeftLowerText, Me.LeftLowerFont, Brushes.Green, New Rectangle(headerRect.X, headerRect.Y + (headerRect.Height) * 2 / 3, headerRect.Width / 3, headerRect.Height / 3), stringFormat)
        args.Graphics.DrawLine(New Pen(Brushes.Black), headerRect.Location, New Point(headerRect.Location.X + headerRect.Width, headerRect.Location.Y))
    End Sub
End Class

After creating our custom class we can use it this way:

A Sample Usage

C#

MyPrintDocument doc = new MyPrintDocument();
doc.HeaderHeight = 60;
doc.Landscape = true;
doc.AssociatedObject = this.radGridView1;
doc.LeftUpperText = "Line 1";
doc.LeftUpperFont = new Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Italic);
doc.LeftMiddleText = "Line 2";
doc.LeftMiddleFont = new Font("Calibri", 8);
doc.LeftLowerText = "Line 3";
doc.LeftLowerFont = new Font("Tahoma", 6);
RadPrintPreviewDialog dialog = new RadPrintPreviewDialog(doc);
dialog.Show();

VB.NET

Dim doc As New MyPrintDocument()
doc.HeaderHeight = 60
doc.Landscape = True
doc.AssociatedObject = Me.RadGridView1
doc.LeftUpperText = "Line 1"
doc.LeftUpperFont = New Font("Arial", 12, FontStyle.Italic)
doc.LeftMiddleText = "Line 2"
doc.LeftMiddleFont = New Font("Calibri", 8)
doc.LeftLowerText = "Line 3"
doc.LeftLowerFont = New Font("Tahoma", 6)
Dim dialog As New RadPrintPreviewDialog(doc)
dialog.Show()

See Also

• Create Prinatble Panel