Printing

Printing of TDBVertGridEh

The DBVertGridEh components can be printed and previewed before printing.

See Demo project in the folder –
DEMOS\PrintGrids

Use subproperties of PrintService property to configure and manage printing:

A set of properties and methods of PrintService property is identical for all components TDBVertGridEh, TPivotGridEh and TPlannerControlEh.
The property is accessible at Design-Time.

PrintService property contains the following sub-properties:
property name property type Description
ColorSchema TPrintColotSchemaEh pcsFullColorEh - Full color
pcsAdaptedColorEh - Adapted for printing (for example, the dividing lines in this mode are always printed in black.)
pcsBlackAndWhiteEh - Fully black-and-white drawing.

FitToPagesTall: Integer
When ScalingMode = smFitToPagesEh, FitToPagesTall specifies the number of pages that need to fit the contents of the height.

FitToPagesWide: Integer
When ScalingMode = smFitToPagesEh, FitToPagesTall specifies the number of pages that need to fit the contents of the width.

Orientation: TPrinterOrientation
poPortrait - Portrait orientation sheet.
poLandscape – Landscape page orientation.

PageFooter: TPageColontitleEh
Specifies the texts that will appear in the footer of the page.

PageHeader: TPageColontitleEh
Specifies the texts that will appear in the page header.

PageMargins: TPageMarginsEh Indent and page headers and footers.

Scale: Integer
It sets out a percentage. Default is 100.

ScalingMode: TScalingModeEh
smAdjustToScaleEh - Scale using the FitToPagesTall and FitToPagesWide properties.
smFitToPagesEh - Scale using the Scale property.

TextAfterContent: TRichStringEh
Rich Text to be printed before the contents of the grid.
TextBeforeContent: TRichStringEh
Rich Text to be printed after the contents of the grid.

Use PrintService.Print and PrintService.Preview methods to print components at Runtime:

  DBVertGridEh1.PrintService.Preview;

Use the properties for the print settings as follows:
The header and footer of the page:

    property PrintService.PageFooter;
    property PrintService.PageHeader;

Page margins

    property PrintService.PageMargins: TPageMarginsEh;

Orientation and Scaling:

property ColorSchema: TPrintColotSchemaEh;
property FitToPagesTall: Integer;
property FitToPagesWide: Integer;
property Orientation: TPrinterOrientation;
property Scale: Integer;
property ScalingMode: TScalingModeEh;

PrintService property contains the following events:

OnBeforePrint;
OnBeforePrintPage;
OnBeforePrintPageContent;
OnPrintDataBeforeGrid;
OnCalcLayoutDataBeforeGrid;

OnAfterPrint;
OnAfterPrintPage;
OnAfterPrintPageContent;
OnPrintDataAfterGrid;
OnCalcLayoutDataAfterGrid;