Printing a scroll-able windows form.
See the question and my original answer on StackOverflowThis is not exactly a complete answer, but here is a piece of code that takes a screenshot (a bitmap) of a scrollable Panel control on a Form. The big drawback is the screen flickers while the screenshot is taken. I have tested it on simple apps, so it may not work in all cases, but that could be a start.
Here is how to use it:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent(); // create a scrollable panel1 component
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TakeScreenshot(panel1, "C:\\mypanel.bmp");
}
}
And here is the utility:
public static void TakeScreenshot(Panel panel, string filePath)
{
if (panel == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("panel");
if (filePath == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("filePath");
// get parent form (may not be a direct parent)
Form form = panel.FindForm();
if (form == null)
throw new ArgumentException(null, "panel");
// remember form position
int w = form.Width;
int h = form.Height;
int l = form.Left;
int t = form.Top;
// get panel virtual size
Rectangle display = panel.DisplayRectangle;
// get panel position relative to parent form
Point panelLocation = panel.PointToScreen(panel.Location);
Size panelPosition = new Size(panelLocation.X - form.Location.X, panelLocation.Y - form.Location.Y);
// resize form and move it outside the screen
int neededWidth = panelPosition.Width + display.Width;
int neededHeight = panelPosition.Height + display.Height;
form.SetBounds(0, -neededHeight, neededWidth, neededHeight, BoundsSpecified.All);
// resize panel (useless if panel has a dock)
int pw = panel.Width;
int ph = panel.Height;
panel.SetBounds(0, 0, display.Width, display.Height, BoundsSpecified.Size);
// render the panel on a bitmap
try
{
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(display.Width, display.Height);
panel.DrawToBitmap(bmp, display);
bmp.Save(filePath);
}
finally
{
// restore
panel.SetBounds(0, 0, pw, ph, BoundsSpecified.Size);
form.SetBounds(l, t, w, h, BoundsSpecified.All);
}
}