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namespace Microsoft.Samples.WinForms.Cs.PrintingExample3 {
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.IO;

public class PrintForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.Container components;
protected internal System.Windows.Forms.Button printButton;

public PrintForm() {
//
// Required for Windows Form Designer support
//
InitializeComponent();

// Wire up event handler for print button
printButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(printButton_Click);
}

/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing) {
if (components != null) {
components.Dispose();
}
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}

//Event fired when the user presses the print button
private void printButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
try {

StreamReader streamToPrint = new StreamReader
("PrintMe.Txt");
try {
TextFilePrintDocument pd = new
TextFilePrintDocument(streamToPrint); //Assumes the default printer

PrintDialog dlg = new PrintDialog() ;
dlg.Document = pd;
DialogResult result = dlg.ShowDialog();

if (result == DialogResult.OK) {
pd.Print();
}

} finally {
streamToPrint.Close() ;
}

} catch(Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show("An error occurred printing the file - " +
ex.Message);
}
}


/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container ();
this.printButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button ();



this.Text = "Print Example 3";
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size (5, 13);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size (504, 381);
printButton.ImageAlign =
System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
printButton.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Flat;
printButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size (136, 40);
printButton.TabIndex = 0;
printButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point (32, 112);
printButton.Text = "Print the file";
this.Controls.Add (this.printButton);
}

/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
public static void Main(string[] args) {
Application.Run(new PrintForm());
}

}
}

Mohamed Mahfouz
MEA Developer Support Center
ITworx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC