Getting a visual studio visual basic form to print

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I have created a Form using VB and I can not get it to print.
I have loaded all the Print Things below the Form.
Tried different Codes and nothing works.
I can get it to go to the Printer, but just spits out a plain sheet.

What I have tried:

I have tried many suggested codes and still nothing.
I even had encounter code errors.

Posted 5-Oct-21 3:51am

Dennis Price

Updated 5-Oct-21 4:53am

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Richard MacCutchan 5-Oct-21 10:07am

And you think maybe we can guess what you are doing?

Dave Kreskowiak 5-Oct-21 10:28am

...and the code you're using to try to print the form is ... ? A complete secret since you didn't post it here.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2021-10-05T04:53:00

We can't be specific: there are two ways to print in VB, the older VB6 compatible way using PrintForm Class (Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing) | Microsoft Docs[^] which literally prints the content of a form on paper, and the more modern and flexible PrintDocument Class (System.Drawing.Printing) | Microsoft Docs[^]

The former is easy to use - just follow the link - the latter requires more thought and effort (though there is a basic example in it's link) but provides a much more flexible and user-friendly result. Particularly if you succumb to the modern trent to "Dark Mode" where the PrintForm version will have your users organising lynch mobs ...

With a PrintDocument, you do all the work of deciding where exactly stuff goes and what gets printed on which page - but that's where the flexibility comes in: you decide, you implement, and the design of your user interface has nothing to do with the printout. It may seem a daunting way to do things, but it's pretty simple once you get your head around it.