The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
for Windows, version 5.0
SUMMARY
In Microsoft Visual Basic version 5.0, the MSChart control does not expose
a method that enables you to print the chart directly. However, you can use
the PrintForm method to print the entire form containing the MSChart
control. This article describes a method for printing only the chart.
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You can print the chart of an MSChart control by copying the contents of
the control using the EditCopy method, pasting the chart to a PictureBox
control, and then printing the picture via the PaintPicture method of the
Printer object:
- Start a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.
- Click Components on the Project menu. Check "Microsoft Chart
Control" and click OK.
- Draw an MSChart control and a CommandButton on Form1.
- Click Add Form on the Project menu, select Form and click Open. This
will add a form named Form2 to the project.
- Draw a PictureBox control on Form2.
- Add the following code to the Click event of Command1 on
Form1:
MSChart1.EditCopy
Form2.Picture1.Picture = Clipboard.GetData()
Printer.Print " "
Printer.PaintPicture Form2.Picture1.Picture, 0, 0
Printer.EndDoc
Unload Form2
- Run the application. Click the CommandButton to print the chart to
your default printer.
NOTE: The EditCopy method copies both the data and the picture of the chart
to the clipboard. Then, when you use a Paste command to retrieve the
contents of the clipboard, the receiving application determines whether the
picture or the data is pasted. In this example, Picture1 requests the
clipboard data and receives a picture of the chart rather than the chart's
data.
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