PrintDocument.DocumentName Property

Definition

Gets or sets the document name to display (for example, in a print status dialog box or printer queue) while printing the document.

public string DocumentName { get; set; }

Property Value

The document name to display while printing the document. The default is "document".

Examples

The following code example prints a document with the first page in color, if the printer supports it, and sets the DocumentName to a user-friendly name. The example requires that a PrintDocument variable named printDoc has been created, and the PrintPage and QueryPageSettings events are handled.

Use the System.Drawing and System.Drawing.Printing namespaces for this example.


private void MyButtonPrint_OnClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    
    // Set the printer name and ensure it is valid. If not, provide a message to the user.
    printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "\\mynetworkprinter";

    if (printDoc.PrinterSettings.IsValid) {
    
        // If the printer supports printing in color, then override the printer's default behavior.
        if (printDoc.PrinterSettings.SupportsColor) {

            // Set the page default's to not print in color.
            printDoc.DefaultPageSettings.Color = false;
        }

        // Provide a friendly name, set the page number, and print the document.
        printDoc.DocumentName = "My Presentation";
        currentPageNumber = 1;
        printDoc.Print();
    }
    else {
        MessageBox.Show("Printer is not valid");
    }
}

private void MyPrintQueryPageSettingsEvent(object sender, QueryPageSettingsEventArgs e)
{
    // Determines if the printer supports printing in color.
    if (printDoc.PrinterSettings.SupportsColor) {

        // If the printer supports color printing, use color.
        if (currentPageNumber == 1 ) {

            e.PageSettings.Color = true;
        }
    }    
}

Remarks

The DocumentName property does not specify the file to print. Rather, you specify the output to print by handling the PrintPage event. For an example, see the PrintDocument class overview.

Applies to

Product Versies
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 (package-provided), 4.7, 4.7.1 (package-provided), 4.7.1, 4.7.2 (package-provided), 4.7.2, 4.8 (package-provided), 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also