how to make the printer window appear using vb.net 2010 - vb.net

hi I have this code that will send my panel into a printer but the problem is it doesent let me choose which printer I will use any idea on how can I make the printer window appear?
thanks
Public Class Form1
Dim img As Bitmap
Dim WithEvents pd As PrintDocument
'Returns the Form as a bitmap
Function CaptureForm1() As Bitmap
Dim g1 As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics()
Dim MyImage = New Bitmap(Me.ClientRectangle.Width, (Me.ClientRectangle.Height), g1)
Dim g2 As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(MyImage)
Dim dc1 As IntPtr = g1.GetHdc()
Dim dc2 As IntPtr = g2.GetHdc()
BitBlt(dc2, 0, 0, Me.ClientRectangle.Width, (Me.ClientRectangle.Height), dc1, 0, 0, 13369376)
g1.ReleaseHdc(dc1)
g2.ReleaseHdc(dc2)
'saves image to c drive just, u can comment it also
'MyImage.Save("c:\abc.bmp")
Return MyImage
End Function
<DllImport("gdi32.DLL", EntryPoint:="BitBlt", _
SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode, _
ExactSpelling:=True, _
CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall)> _
Private Shared Function BitBlt(ByVal hdcDest As IntPtr, ByVal nXDest As Integer, ByVal nYDest As Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, ByVal nHeight As Integer, ByVal hdcSrc As IntPtr, ByVal nXSrc As Integer, ByVal nYSrc As Integer, ByVal dwRop As System.Int32) As Boolean
' Leave function empty - DLLImport attribute forwards calls to MoveFile to
' MoveFileW in KERNEL32.DLL.
End Function
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
img = CaptureForm1()
pd = New PrintDocument
pd.Print()
End Sub
'this method will be called each time when pd.printpage event occurs
Sub pd_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs) Handles pd.PrintPage
Dim x As Integer = e.MarginBounds.X
Dim y As Integer = e.MarginBounds.Y
e.Graphics.DrawImage(img, x, y)
e.HasMorePages = False
End Sub
End Class

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Unable to find RECT size with DwmGetWindowAttribute

I'm trying to find to find the size of the cmd.exe window which is started as a child. I like to use this size to resize my form accordingly. For some reason the size returned by DwmGetWindowAttribute is always zero, so I must be doing something wrong here, but I can't find it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Eric
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
Private WithEvents Tmr As New Timer With {.Interval = 100}
Private Const HWND_BOTTOM As Integer = &H1
Private WithEvents proc As New Process
Public Const DWMWA_EXTENDED_FRAME_BOUNDS As Integer = 9
<DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint:="SetParent")>
Private Shared Function SetParent(ByVal hWndChild As IntPtr, ByVal hWndNewParent As IntPtr) As IntPtr
End Function
<DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint:="SetWindowPos")>
Private Shared Function SetWindowPos(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As IntPtr, ByVal X As Integer, ByVal Y As Integer, ByVal cx As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal uFlags As UInteger) As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> Boolean
End Function
<DllImport("dwmapi.dll")>
Shared Function DwmGetWindowAttribute(ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal dwAttribute As Integer, ByRef pvAttribute As RECT, ByVal cbAttribute As Integer) As Integer
End Function
Public Structure RECT
Public left, top, right, bottom As Integer
End Structure
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.Text = "My title"
proc.EnableRaisingEvents = True
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd"
proc.Start()
Tmr.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub Tmr_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Tmr.Tick
If SetParent(proc.MainWindowHandle, Panel1.Handle) <> IntPtr.Zero Then
Tmr.Stop()
Dim Width As Integer
Dim Hight As Integer
Dim WindowRect As New RECT
DwmGetWindowAttribute(proc.MainWindowHandle, DWMWA_EXTENDED_FRAME_BOUNDS, WindowRect, Marshal.SizeOf(WindowRect))
Width = WindowRect.right - WindowRect.left
Hight = WindowRect.bottom - WindowRect.top
MessageBox.Show("Hight: " & Hight & " Width: " & Width)
'Me.Size = New Size(Width, Hight)
SetWindowPos(proc.MainWindowHandle, New IntPtr(HWND_BOTTOM), 0, 0, Panel1.ClientSize.Width, Panel1.ClientSize.Height, 0)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Proc_Exited(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles proc.Exited
Invoke(Sub() Close())
End Sub
End Class
After implementing all valuable additions of #Jimi, this is the code that works:
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
Private WithEvents proc As New Process
Public Const WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN As Long = &HA1
Public Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED As UInt32 = 3
Public Const WM_CLOSE = &H10
Public Const DWMWA_EXTENDED_FRAME_BOUNDS As Integer = 9
'Function to set the parent window
Private Declare Function SetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hWndChild As IntPtr, ByVal hWndNewParent As IntPtr) As IntPtr
'Function to set the child window position
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As IntPtr, ByVal X As Integer, ByVal Y As Integer, ByVal cx As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal uFlags As UInteger) As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> Boolean
'Function to allow the child to be maximized
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal nCmdShow As Int32) As Boolean
'Function to retrieve the initail child size
Private Declare Function DwmGetWindowAttribute Lib "dwmapi" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal dwAttribute As Integer, ByRef pvAttribute As RECT, ByVal cbAttribute As Integer) As Integer
'Function to set focus to the child window
Private Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr) As Long
'Function used to set terminate child window
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Integer
'Rectangle size, used later to resize the form
Public Structure RECT
Public left, top, right, bottom As Integer
End Structure
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.Text = "My title"
proc.EnableRaisingEvents = True
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd"
proc.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub Tmr_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Shown
'Wait for 200 ms for the form to load
proc.WaitForExit(200)
Dim WindowRect As New RECT
Dim Width, Hight As Integer
'Retrieve the initial size of the child window
DwmGetWindowAttribute(proc.MainWindowHandle, DWMWA_EXTENDED_FRAME_BOUNDS, WindowRect, Marshal.SizeOf(WindowRect))
Width = WindowRect.right - WindowRect.left
Hight = WindowRect.bottom - WindowRect.top + 23
'Set the form size to the initial size of the child window
Me.Size = New Size(Width, Hight)
'When the child is started, move the child into the panel and maximize it
If SetParent(proc.MainWindowHandle, Panel1.Handle) <> IntPtr.Zero Then
SetWindowPos(proc.MainWindowHandle, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, Width, Height, 0)
ShowWindow(proc.MainWindowHandle, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
End If
End Sub
'Exit form when child terminates
Private Sub Proc_Exited(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles proc.Exited
Invoke(Sub() Close())
End Sub
'Set focus on child when the form is activated
Private Sub Form1_UnFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Activated
SetForegroundWindow(proc.MainWindowHandle)
End Sub
'Set focus on child when the parent titlebar is clicked
Protected Overrides Sub DefWndProc(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message)
If CLng(m.Msg) = WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN Then
SetForegroundWindow(proc.MainWindowHandle)
End If
MyBase.DefWndProc(m)
End Sub
'Properly terminate child when the form is closed by the user
Private Sub Form1_Closed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Closed
SendMessage(proc.MainWindowHandle, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0)
End Sub
End Class
Kind regards,
Eric

Topmost window over everything, except child processes

My program is full screen and topmost, and I would like all the child processes of that window to be above my program's main window. The processes are unknown, and external.
I can launch the process using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exeName,procArgs).WaitForExit(), but from there I am stuck.
Basically you use the SetParent() API to make the external app a child of yours. Here I'm also using the GetWindowRect() and SetWindowPos() APIs to keep the window in the same launch position after its parent is changed. Finally, you need to keep track of the processes and close them manually so they do not become orphaned when the form is closed:
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Public Class Form1
Private Const SWP_NOSIZE As Integer = &H0001
<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)>
Public Structure RECT
Public Left As Integer, Top As Integer, Right As Integer, Bottom As Integer
End Structure
<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)>
Public Shared Function SetParent(ByVal hWndChild As IntPtr, ByVal hWndNewParent As IntPtr) As IntPtr
End Function
<DllImport("user32.dll")>
Private Shared Function GetWindowRect(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByRef lpRect As RECT) As Boolean
End Function
<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)>
Private Shared Function SetWindowPos(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As IntPtr, ByVal X As Integer, ByVal Y As Integer, ByVal cx As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal uFlags As Integer) As Boolean
End Function
Private Ps As New List(Of Process)
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim exeName As String = "Notepad"
Dim procArgs As String = ""
LaunchExe(exeName, procArgs)
End Sub
Private Sub LaunchExe(ByVal exeName As String, ByVal procArgs As String)
Try
Dim p As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exeName, procArgs)
If Not IsNothing(p) Then
p.WaitForInputIdle()
Dim rc As RECT
GetWindowRect(p.MainWindowHandle, rc)
Dim pt As New Point(rc.Left, rc.Top)
pt = Me.PointToClient(pt)
SetParent(p.MainWindowHandle, Me.Handle)
SetWindowPos(p.MainWindowHandle, 0, pt.X, pt.Y, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE)
Ps.Add(p)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(exeName & vbCrLf & procArgs, "Error Starting Application")
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Me.Close()
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(sender As Object, e As FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
For Each P As Process In Ps
If Not P.HasExited Then
P.CloseMainWindow()
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class

how to convert a panel form into a PDF form?

net 2010 and I have the following code which brings the panel and its contents to a printer but every time I try to convert the panel into a PDF form the pd.Print() in the button click always returns a nullreferencedunhandled any idea on ho to fix this??
thanks
Public Class Form1
Dim img As Bitmap
Dim WithEvents pd As PrintDocument
'Returns the Form as a bitmap
Function CaptureForm1() As Bitmap
Dim g1 As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics()
Dim MyImage = New Bitmap(Me.ClientRectangle.Width, (Me.ClientRectangle.Height), g1)
Dim g2 As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(MyImage)
Dim dc1 As IntPtr = g1.GetHdc()
Dim dc2 As IntPtr = g2.GetHdc()
BitBlt(dc2, 0, 0, Me.ClientRectangle.Width, (Me.ClientRectangle.Height), dc1, 0, 0, 13369376)
g1.ReleaseHdc(dc1)
g2.ReleaseHdc(dc2)
'saves image to c drive just, u can comment it also
'MyImage.Save("c:\abc.bmp")
Return MyImage
End Function
<DllImport("gdi32.DLL", EntryPoint:="BitBlt", _
SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode, _
ExactSpelling:=True, _
CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall)> _
Private Shared Function BitBlt(ByVal hdcDest As IntPtr, ByVal nXDest As Integer, ByVal nYDest As Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, ByVal nHeight As Integer, ByVal hdcSrc As IntPtr, ByVal nXSrc As Integer, ByVal nYSrc As Integer, ByVal dwRop As System.Int32) As Boolean
' Leave function empty - DLLImport attribute forwards calls to MoveFile to
' MoveFileW in KERNEL32.DLL.
End Function
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
'img = CaptureForm1()
'pd = New PrintDocument
'pd.Print()
Dim PrintDialog1 As New PrintDialog()
PrintDialog1.Document = pd
Dim result As DialogResult = PrintDialog1.ShowDialog()
If (result = DialogResult.OK) Then
pd.Print()
End If
End Sub
'this method will be called each time when pd.printpage event occurs
Sub pd_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PrintPageEventArgs) Handles pd.PrintPage
Dim x As Integer = e.MarginBounds.X
Dim y As Integer = e.MarginBounds.Y
e.Graphics.DrawImage(img, x, y)
e.HasMorePages = False
End Sub
End Class

How to draw a Rectangle in all direction?

i've found this code on the web that allow me to draw a rectangle and keep the Image inside this. But there is a way to make draw this rectangle in all the direction and not only from left to right and top to bottom?
Thank for the help!
Here is the code:
Public Class frmSS
Private Declare Auto Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32.dll" ( _
ByVal hdcDest As IntPtr, _
ByVal nXDest As Integer, _
ByVal nYDest As Integer, _
ByVal nWidth As Integer, _
ByVal nHeight As Integer, _
ByVal hdcSrc As IntPtr, _
ByVal nXSrc As Integer, _
ByVal nYSrc As Integer, _
ByVal dwRop As Int32) As Boolean
Private Declare Auto Function GetDC Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr) As IntPtr
Private Declare Auto Function ReleaseDC Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal hDC As IntPtr) As IntPtr
Private Sub frmSS_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.FormBorderStyle = Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None
Me.Location = New Point(0, 0)
Me.ClientSize = Screen.GetBounds(Me).Size
Me.BackColor = Color.Gray
Me.DoubleBuffered = True
Me.Opacity = 0.4#
Me.Cursor = Cursors.Cross
Me.ShowInTaskbar = False
End Sub
Private isDragging As Boolean = False
Private canDrag As Boolean = True
Private pt_start As Point = Point.Empty
Private pt_end As Point = Point.Empty
Private Sub frmSS_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseDown
If Me.canDrag Then
Me.isDragging = True
Me.pt_start = e.Location
End If
End Sub
Private Sub frmSS_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseMove
If Me.isDragging Then
Me.pt_end = e.Location
Me.Invalidate()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub frmSS_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseUp
If Me.isDragging Then
Me.isDragging = False
Me.canDrag = False
Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default
Dim r As Rectangle = Me.SelectedRectangle
Me.Hide()
Application.DoEvents() 'Make sure everything's good and hidden.
Me.CaptureThisArea(r)
Me.Close()
End If
End Sub
Private ReadOnly Property SelectedRectangle() As Rectangle
Get
With pt_start
If .X >= pt_end.X OrElse .Y >= pt_end.Y Then Return Rectangle.Empty
Return New Rectangle(.X, .Y, pt_end.X - .X, pt_end.Y - .Y)
End With
End Get
End Property
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics
Using p As New Pen(Color.Black, 3)
p.DashStyle = Drawing2D.DashStyle.Dash
If Me.SelectedRectangle <> Rectangle.Empty Then
g.FillRectangle(Brushes.Red, Me.SelectedRectangle)
g.DrawRectangle(p, Me.SelectedRectangle)
End If
End Using
MyBase.OnPaint(e)
End Sub
Private Sub CaptureThisArea(ByVal area As Rectangle)
Dim bmp As New Bitmap(area.Width, area.Height, Imaging.PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb)
Using g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)
Dim srcDC As IntPtr = GetDC(IntPtr.Zero)
Dim destDC As IntPtr = g.GetHdc()
BitBlt(destDC, 0, 0, area.Width, area.Height, srcDC, area.X, area.Y, 13369376) 'SRCCOPY = 13369376
g.ReleaseHdc(destDC)
ReleaseDC(IntPtr.Zero, srcDC)
End Using
Dim s_dl As New SaveFileDialog()
s_dl.Filter = "Bitmap Images (*.bmp)|*.bmp"
If s_dl.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.Cancel Then Exit Sub
bmp.Save(s_dl.FileName)
MessageBox.Show("File saved!!!")
End Sub
End Class
You need to try to determine the rectangle based on the initial MouseDown point and during the MouseMove, see if the current mouse coordinates need to be adjusted based on minimums and maximums of each X and Y value:
Comment out pt_end and add a dragRect variable:
'\\ Private pt_end As Point = Point.Empty
Private dragRect As Rectangle = Rectangle.Empty
Change your MouseMove event to this:
Private Sub frmSS_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseMove
If Me.isDragging Then
Dim minPoint As New Point(Math.Min(e.Location.X, pt_start.X), _
Math.Min(e.Location.Y, pt_start.Y))
Dim maxPoint As New Point(Math.Max(e.Location.X, pt_start.X), _
Math.Max(e.Location.Y, pt_start.Y))
dragRect = New Rectangle(minPoint, New Size(maxPoint.X - minPoint.X, _
maxPoint.Y - minPoint.Y))
Me.Invalidate()
End If
End Sub
From there, change your code to use dragRect instead of SelectedRectangle, which I commented out.

how to used print dialog box for print a document?

i am developing a project in which i have to print a bill on purchase.
I have a special header pad for all bills that's why, how can i do so....
that all the time......it maintain.......
I have a form for make bills.........
i don't know how to print it......
How can i fetch a data and using which dialog box i can do(print) it........
I am using vs2010 ......
How can i do...........
PrintDialog printDialog1 = new PrintDialog()
printDialog1.Document = printDocument1;
DialogResult result = printDialog1.ShowDialog(this);
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
printDocument1.Print();
}
Public Class Form1
Private WithEvents pd As Printing.PrintDocument
' storage for form image
Dim formImage As Bitmap
' create API prototype
Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32.dll" Alias _
"BitBlt" (ByVal hdcDest As IntPtr, _
ByVal nXDest As Integer, ByVal nYDest As _
Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, _
ByVal nHeight As Integer, ByVal _
hdcSrc As IntPtr, ByVal nXSrc As Integer, _
ByVal nYSrc As Integer, _
ByVal dwRop As System.Int32) As Long
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
pd = New Printing.PrintDocument
Me.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
End Sub
Private Sub pd_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) _
Handles pd.PrintPage
e.Graphics.DrawImage(formImage, 100, 100)
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
GetFormImage()
pd.Print()
End Sub
Private Sub GetFormImage()
Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics()
Dim s As Size = Me.Size
formImage = New Bitmap(s.Width, s.Height, g)
Dim mg As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(formImage)
Dim dc1 As IntPtr = g.GetHdc
Dim dc2 As IntPtr = mg.GetHdc
' added code to compute and capture the form
' title bar and borders
Dim widthDiff As Integer = _
(Me.Width - Me.ClientRectangle.Width)
Dim heightDiff As Integer = _
(Me.Height - Me.ClientRectangle.Height)
Dim borderSize As Integer = widthDiff \ 2
Dim heightTitleBar As Integer = heightDiff - borderSize
BitBlt(dc2, 0, 0, _
Me.ClientRectangle.Width + widthDiff, _
Me.ClientRectangle.Height + heightDiff, dc1, _
0 - borderSize, 0 - heightTitleBar, 13369376)
g.ReleaseHdc(dc1)
mg.ReleaseHdc(dc2)
End Sub
End Class