Re: Landscape and Portrait printing in the same document

From: Bob Powell [MVP] (bob_at__spamkiller_bobpowell.net)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:08:47 +0100

Hey Rick.
Don't keep it a secret, Some of us have a FAQ to maintain :-)) 

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"Rick Hein" <RickJHein@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1106161269.412641.86710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> To the gentleman that called me today: (1/19/2005) - Please call me
> back - I think I might have an answer to your problem.
>
> Thanks.
> Rick
>
>
>
> Rick Hein wrote:
>> Don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but here
> goes. I
>> have an application that needs to have some reports printed from it.
> Some of
>> the pages I want to be in portrait mode, and some I want in Landscape
> mode.
>> Setting the document.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape = true or false
> doesn't
>> seem to have any affect.
>>
>> The C# code looks something like this
>> private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
>>
>> {
>>
>> PrintDialog pd = new PrintDialog();
>>
>> pd.Document = doc;
>>
>> pd.ShowDialog();
>>
>> doc.PrinterSettings.Equals(pd.PrinterSettings);
>>
>>
>> iTabCount = 0;
>>
>> currentPage = 1;
>>
>> doc.Print();
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> private void doc_PrintPage(object
>> sender,System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs ev)
>>
>> {
>>
>> if(foo== bar){
>>
>> document.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape = true;
>>
>> }
>>
>> else
>>
>> {
>>
>> document.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape =false;
>>
>> }
>>
>> Drawstring ......
>>
>>
>>
>> }
>>
>> This is pseudocode granted, but you get the idea. For some reason
> however it
>> doesn't make any difference, any ideas on how I can do this? Other
> than a
>> rotateTransform and Translate Transform? Or is this a limit of the
> printer
>> drivers - A document can only be portrait or only landscape but not
> both?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Rick Hein
>>
>> rhein@mutualofenumclaw.com
>
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