How to make print preview maximized?
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Does anyone know how to make the print preview dialog open up in a maximized state? It doesn't have a WindowState property, so I'm not really sure what to do. Thanks, Blake
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I tried that, but the problem is that it doesn't change the state at all, so the maximize button is still available for clicking. Also, it doesn't seem to position the window correctly either. It makes it the correct size, but it doesn't position at the top of the screen. Is there no possible way to actually change the maximized state and not just the size? Thanks, Blake
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I tried that, but the problem is that it doesn't change the state at all, so the maximize button is still available for clicking. Also, it doesn't seem to position the window correctly either. It makes it the correct size, but it doesn't position at the top of the screen. Is there no possible way to actually change the maximized state and not just the size? Thanks, Blake
That weird about the location. Since
Screen.WorkingAreareturns aRectangle- which includes aPoint- one would assume that it'd be0, 0. You can setPrintPreviewDialog.DesktopLocationtonew Point(0, 0)instead. As far as the state, for some reasonPrintPreviewDialogoverrides and hides theForm.WindowStateproperty, even though it derives fromForm. There might be a valid reason for this, but you could try to setPrintPreviewDialog.WindowStatetoFormWindowState.Maximized. It won't be visible in thePropertyGridor code editor, but it's still there (it just gets and setsbase.WindowState. Hopefully that works.Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
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That weird about the location. Since
Screen.WorkingAreareturns aRectangle- which includes aPoint- one would assume that it'd be0, 0. You can setPrintPreviewDialog.DesktopLocationtonew Point(0, 0)instead. As far as the state, for some reasonPrintPreviewDialogoverrides and hides theForm.WindowStateproperty, even though it derives fromForm. There might be a valid reason for this, but you could try to setPrintPreviewDialog.WindowStatetoFormWindowState.Maximized. It won't be visible in thePropertyGridor code editor, but it's still there (it just gets and setsbase.WindowState. Hopefully that works.Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
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That weird about the location. Since
Screen.WorkingAreareturns aRectangle- which includes aPoint- one would assume that it'd be0, 0. You can setPrintPreviewDialog.DesktopLocationtonew Point(0, 0)instead. As far as the state, for some reasonPrintPreviewDialogoverrides and hides theForm.WindowStateproperty, even though it derives fromForm. There might be a valid reason for this, but you could try to setPrintPreviewDialog.WindowStatetoFormWindowState.Maximized. It won't be visible in thePropertyGridor code editor, but it's still there (it just gets and setsbase.WindowState. Hopefully that works.Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
Heath is right. The
WindowStateproperty from Form is still there but hidden by the override. In this case you don't operate on thePrintPreviewDialogbut on the baseForm. This code seems to do what you want.PrintPreviewDialog ppd = null; try { ppd = new PrintPreviewDialog(); Form wind = ppd as Form; wind.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized; ppd.ShowDialog(); } finally { if(ppd != null) ppd.Dispose(); }