Printing the currently active window in landscape mode

Question

I want to print the currently active WinForm in C#. Here is what I have:

using Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing;

PrintForm p = new PrintForm(this);
p.Print();

This works great for portrait mode. How can I print in landscape mode?

I did a google search and came up with this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.powerpacks.printing.compatibility.vb6.printer.orientation.aspx — MethodMan, Aug 23 '12 at 17:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '12 at 17:44

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Does this work?

PrintForm p = new PrintForm(this);
p.PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape = true;
p.Print();

answered Aug 23 '12 at 17:44

staafl

MethodMan · Answer 2 · 2012-08-23T17:38:56.777

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if you are doing this in VB then you want to look at Orientation as an example

if it's C# I am sure you can do the conversion

If p.Height > p.Width 
{
    p.Orientation = 1;//vbPRORPortrait
}
Else
{
    p.Orientation = 2; //vbPRORLandscape
}
p.Print();

edited Aug 23 '12 at 17:38

answered Aug 23 '12 at 17:19

MethodMan

p>orientation is not available in C# – software is fun Aug 23 '12 at 17:22
if you are using Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing; that's saying that you are using a VisualBasic Assembly and you should be able to get at that property.. – MethodMan Aug 23 '12 at 17:25
constant values: vbPRORPortrait = 1, vbPRORLandscape = 2 – staafl Aug 23 '12 at 17:31

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