Preview Property

Gets or sets whether to preview the sheet instead of printing.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property Preview As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As PrintInfo
Dim value As Boolean
 
instance.Preview = value
 
value = instance.Preview

public bool Preview {get; set;}

Property Value

Boolean: true to send the print job to a print preview window; false to send directly to a printer

Remarks

Set this property to true if you want to send the print job to a print preview window instead of to a printer.

Example

This example shows how to define the settings for displaying dialogs for the end users.

// Define the printer settings
FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo printset = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo();
printset.ShowPrintDialog = true;
printset.AbortMessage = "Do you want to cancel the printing?";
printset.Preview = true;

// Assign the printer settings to the sheet and print it
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PrintInfo = printset;
fpSpread1.PrintSheet(0);

Visual Basic

' Define the printer settings
Dim printset As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo()
printset.ShowPrintDialog = True
printset.AbortMessage = "Do you want to cancel the printing?"
printset.Preview = True

' Assign the printer settings to the sheet and print it
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).PrintInfo = printset
FpSpread1.PrintSheet(0)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Reference

PrintInfo Class
PrintInfo Members

User-Task Documentation

Displaying Dialogs for Users
Providing a Preview of the Printing