ChartPrinter.Initialize(IPrintingSystem, ILink) Method

Initializes the chart control for document creation before displaying its Print Preview.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts.Printing

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual void Initialize(
    IPrintingSystem ps,
    ILink link
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub Initialize(
    ps As IPrintingSystem,
    link As ILink
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
ps	IPrintingSystem	An object implementing the IPrintingSystem interface used to print a control.
link	ILink	An object implementing the ILink interface which refers to a control.

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#L20

cp = new ChartPrinter(this.chartControl1);
cp.Initialize(l.PrintingSystem, l);
cp.SizeMode = PrintSizeMode.Stretch;

VB.NET

how-to-fit-the-size-of-a-chart-to-the-page-width-in-the-print-preview-e2031/VB/PrintTheChart/Form1.vb#L22

cp = New ChartPrinter(Me.chartControl1)
cp.Initialize(l.PrintingSystem, l)
cp.SizeMode = PrintSizeMode.Stretch