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Print Preview Dialog Box

The Print Preview dialog box is used for customizing and displaying the layout of each page of the document before it is printed.

To access the Print Preview dialog box

Click on the Print button in the GanttView toolbar and then click the Preview button from the Print dialog.

The following image shows the Print Preview dialog box: 

The Following table describes different groups of commands present in the print preview ribbon:

Component Description

 

The Report group has following buttons:

  • Open - Open a report (.c1d or .c1dx) document to preview
  • Export - Export the current report document to a file
  • Print - Print the current report document

 

 

The Page group has following buttons:

  • Page Setup - Change the page settings of the current document
  • Potrait - Potrait orientation of the preview
  • Landscape - Landscape orientation of the preview
  • Reflow - Regenerate or Refresh the document

 

The Navigation group has following buttons:

  • Next Page - Go to the next page
  • Last Page - Go to the last page of the document
  • Previous Page -  Go to the previous page
  • First Page - Go to the first page of the document
  • Page Number Text Box - Displays the current page. You can type the page number to navigate.

 

The Zoom group has following buttons:

  • Zoom - Customize zoom level settings
  • Fit Width - Zoom pages to fill the window width
  • Fit Window - Zoom pages to fit within the window
  • 100% Zoom - Zoom the document to 100% of the normal size

 

The Tools group has following buttons:

  • Pages - View thumbnails panel of the pages
  • Outline - View outline panel of the pages
  • Search - Text search panel to search text in the document
  • Hand Tool - Scroll in window using the mouse
  • Text Select Tool - Select text to copy
  • Copy Text - Copy the selected text

The Quick Access Toolbar's dropdown menu has following options:

  • Text Select Tool - Select text text to copy
  • Zoom In Tool - Zoom into a mouse-selected area
  • Zoom Out Tool - Zoom out of a mouse-selected area
  • Show Above the Ribbon - To show the toolbar above ribbon
  • Minimize the Ribbon - To minimize the ribbon components

You can also customize the Print Preview dialog in GanttView applications. The PrintInfo class provides the PreviewHelper property for this purpose. For instance, if you do not want to show the Open button in the Print Preview Dialog of GanttView application, you can simply set the visibility of that button to false.

This is depicted in the code snippet below:

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private void ganttView_BeforePrintPreview(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            if (ganttView.PrintInfo.PreviewHelper.C1PrintPreviewDialog is C1.Win.RibbonPreview.C1RibbonPreviewDialog)
                (ganttView.PrintInfo.PreviewHelper.C1PrintPreviewDialog as C1.Win.RibbonPreview.C1RibbonPreviewDialog).RibbonElements.FileOpen.Visible = false;
        }

We have set the visibility of the button for File open action to false using the PreviewHelper property.

The visibility can be changed at design time via the Properties window as well.