This is the abstract base for classes that manage the printing of a
PrintDocument.
You set a PrintController instance into the
PrintDocument.PrintController property. Then, when
you call PrintDocument.Print(), it invokes the
OnStartPrint(), then OnStartPage(), OnEndPage(), and finally
OnEndPrint() methods.
The start and end print methods receive the
PrintDocument and a
PrintEventArgs instance, while the start and end
page methods receive the PrintDocument and a
PrintPageEventArgs property. These methods control
the sending of the document and its pages to the print device. This
is the actual printer, in the case of the
StandardPrintController or
PrintControllerWithStatusDialog, but is a set of
images, in the case of the PreviewPrintController.
public abstract class PrintController {
// Public Constructors
public PrintController();
// Public Instance Methods
public virtual void OnEndPage(PrintDocument document, PrintPageEventArgs e);
public virtual void OnEndPrint(PrintDocument document, PrintEventArgs e);
public virtual Graphics OnStartPage(PrintDocument document, PrintPageEventArgs e);
public virtual void OnStartPrint(PrintDocument document, PrintEventArgs e);
}