How to get printing status in C#

Question

Hi i am Mohit i have my simple function to print the document like : public string PrintMyFile(string fileName) { //which gets the default printer.. PrintQueue printQueue = LocalPrintServer.GetDefaultPrintQueue(); PrintSystemJobInfo printSystemJobInfo = printQueue.AddJob(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName) fileName false); string status = printSystemJobInfo.JobStatus; return status; } Here in 'status' i am getting the status as 'spooling' but i need to get the status once the document is printed. How can i do that? I read about PrintEventArgs OnEndPrint() but i dont know how to use it. Please guide me on this.

ankit srivastava · Answer

For this problem you have to use PrintDocument object in System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument. After declaring the PrintDocument object you will also create the three events of Print Document which are: _printDocument.BeginPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_BeginPrint); _printDocument.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(pd_PrintPage); _printDocument.EndPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_EndPrint); Sample Code public PrintDocument _printDocument; public PrintDocument _printDocument; _printDocument = new PrintDocument { PrinterSettings = _settings DefaultPageSettings = { PrinterResolution = { X = 300 Y = 300 } } }; _printDocument.BeginPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_BeginPrint); _printDocument.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(pd_PrintPage); _printDocument.EndPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_EndPrint); private void pd_BeginPrint( object beginPrintSender PrintEventArgs beginPrintE) { //Write your logic when printing starts } private void pd_PrintPage( object printPageSender PrintPageEventArgs printPageE) { // write your logic while printing } private void pd_EndPrint( object sender PrintEventArgs endPrintE) { try { //write your logic when printing ends } catch (Exception e) { } }