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)

Reference

PrintInfo Class
PrintInfo Members

User-Task Documentation

Displaying Dialogs for Users
Providing a Preview of the Printing