PrintDialog.PrintableAreaWidth Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets the width of the printable area of the page.

public:
 property double PrintableAreaWidth { double get(); };

public double PrintableAreaWidth { get; }

member this.PrintableAreaWidth : double

Public ReadOnly Property PrintableAreaWidth As Double

Property Value

Double

A Double that represents the width of the printable page area.

Examples

The following example shows how to get the value of the PrintableAreaWidth property by using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) markup and code.

<Button Width="200" Click="GetWidth">Get the Printable Width</Button>

...

private void GetWidth(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    PrintDialog pDialog = new PrintDialog();
    PrintQueue pq = pDialog.PrintQueue;     //force initialization of the dialog's PrintTicket or PrintQueue
    txt2.Text = pDialog.PrintableAreaWidth.ToString() + " is the printable width";
}

Private Sub GetWidth(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
    Dim pDialog As New PrintDialog()
    Dim pq As PrintQueue = pDialog.PrintQueue 'force initialization of the dialog's PrintTicket or PrintQueue
    txt2.Text = pDialog.PrintableAreaWidth.ToString() & " is the printable width"
End Sub