ChartPrinter.CreateDetail(IBrickGraphics) Method

Creates the document elements (bricks) for the document’s Detail area.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts.Printing

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual void CreateDetail(
    IBrickGraphics graph
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub CreateDetail(
    graph As IBrickGraphics
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
graph	IBrickGraphics	An object implementing the IBrickGraphics interface, which is a graphical surface on which document elements will be drawn.

Remarks

Note that the CreateDetail method should be called after the ChartPrinter.Initialize and before the ChartPrinter.Release method calls.

Example

This example demonstrates how to specify the printing settings of a chart (to fit its size to the page width), using the ChartPrinter class.

C#

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts.Printing;
// ...

ChartPrinter cp;

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    Link l = new Link(new PrintingSystem());
    l.Landscape = true;
    l.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A3;
    cp = new ChartPrinter(this.chartControl1);
    cp.Initialize(l.PrintingSystem, l);
    cp.SizeMode = PrintSizeMode.Stretch;
    l.CreateDetailArea += new CreateAreaEventHandler(l_CreateDetailArea);
    l.ShowPreviewDialog();
    cp.Release();
}

void l_CreateDetailArea(object sender, CreateAreaEventArgs e) {
    cp.CreateDetail(e.Graph);
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts.Printing
' ...
Private cp As ChartPrinter

Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles button1.Click
    Dim l As New Link(New PrintingSystem())
    l.Landscape = True
    l.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A3
    cp = New ChartPrinter(Me.chartControl1)
    cp.Initialize(l.PrintingSystem, l)
    cp.SizeMode = PrintSizeMode.Stretch
    AddHandler l.CreateDetailArea, AddressOf l_CreateDetailArea
    l.ShowPreviewDialog()
    cp.Release()
End Sub

Private Sub l_CreateDetailArea(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As CreateAreaEventArgs)
    cp.CreateDetail(e.Graph)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-fit-the-size-of-a-chart-to-the-page-width-in-the-print-preview-e2031/CS/PrintTheChart/Form1.cs#L28

void l_CreateDetailArea(object sender, CreateAreaEventArgs e) {
    cp.CreateDetail(e.Graph);
}

VB.NET

how-to-fit-the-size-of-a-chart-to-the-page-width-in-the-print-preview-e2031/VB/PrintTheChart/Form1.vb#L30

Private Sub l_CreateDetailArea(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CreateAreaEventArgs)
    cp.CreateDetail(e.Graph)
End Sub