Need information about PrintDocument

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Hi I need one information about print document. We are using following line of code in VB.NET WinForm application . Dim print_document As New System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument widthValue = print_document.PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings.Bounds.Width In variable widthValue we are getting integer value. Can anyone please tell what is the unit of this value? i.e. it's pixel mm etc... Thanks and Regards Prasad

Sunny Sharma · Answer

Hi Prasad Godbole The unit is in Pixels for sure unless you don't change it explicitly. PrintDocument.PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings. Bounds  inherits a Rectangle (for reference please follow the link below) and a Rectangle has it's width defined in pixels by default. Refer to this and see the Remarks section: Rectangle.Width . Please don't forget to accept this as answer if it helps! Thanks.

Vulpes · Answer

According to this MSDN link the unit is 1/100ths of an inch: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.printing.pagesettings.bounds.aspx

Prasad Godbole · Answer

Hi Sunny Thanks for giving information. Thanks and Regards Prasad

Sunny Sharma · Answer

Hi With this single line code snippet I can only assume that it is used for scaling fonts dedicated to display on a particular output device. A value of 96 corresponds to 100% font scaling (smaller) 120 corresponds to 125% scaling (medium) and 144 corresponds to 150% scaling (larger). However users are able to set values other than these standard ones. Thanks.

Prasad Godbole · Answer

Hi We are working on 1 WinForm application related to reports in which following code is there _currentX = PrintDocument.PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings.Bounds.Width * (1440 / Dpix) Here _currentX is X location to render text. Can you please explain meaning of following code if you have any idea? i.e. what we are doing here and why PrintDocument.PrinterSettings.DefaultPageSettings.Bounds.Width * (1440 / Dpix) Here Dpix is the current system DPI setting value. Thanks and Regards Prasad

Prasad Godbole · Answer

Hi Sunny Thanks for giving information. I am going through this. Thanks and Regards Prasad

Prasad Godbole · Answer

Hi Vulpes Thanks for giving information. I am going through this. Thanks and Regards Prasad