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ChartPrinter.Release() Method

Finalizes the document creation via the ChartPrinter class.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts.Printing

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

public virtual void Release()

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.

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);
}
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