Print Preview a String

Question

I need a simple way to just send a string to the Print Preview document. I don't care about fonds, sizes, any of that. I just want to send vanilla text to a print preview window.

I have this:
Dim printPreviewDialog1 As New PrintPreviewDialog() ' instantiate new print preview dialog
printPreviewDialog1.Document = PrintMeString
printPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog() ' Show the print preview dialog

Which is wrong, because PrintMeString is a String. Everything I found online is way too complictaed for what I want to do. Any ideas?

Mike Gold · Answer

print preview works just like print. you need to assign a PrintDocument control to the print preview dialog. you need to handle the PrintPage event handler. You need to draw your string in the PrintPage event handler with a font. e.Graphics.DrawString(myString ...) There are ways to print text directly to the printer using a print driver but it requires PInvoke to call directly to the printerand yes this is efficient but much more complicated with .NET. It requires understanding the lower level print calls in the Windows SDK. If you are interested however there is article by microsoft on the topic: http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=322091