Q168749: HOWTO: Print the Contents of the MS Chart Control

Article: Q168749
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint kbCtrl kbPrinting kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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The MSChart control does not expose a method that enables you to print the chart
directly. However, you can use the PrintForm method to print the entire form
containing the MSChart control. This article describes a method for printing
only the chart.

MORE INFORMATION
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You can print the chart of an MSChart control by copying the contents of the
control using the EditCopy method, pasting the chart to a PictureBox control,
and then printing the picture via the PaintPicture method of the Printer
object:

1. Start a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.

2. Click Components on the Project menu. Check "Microsoft Chart Control" and
  click OK.

3. Draw an MSChart control and a CommandButton on Form1.

4. Click Add Form on the Project menu, select Form and click Open. This will add
  a form named Form2 to the project.

5. Draw a PictureBox control on Form2.

6. Add the following code to the Click event of Command1 on Form1:

        MSChart1.EditCopy
        Printer.Print " "
        Printer.PaintPicture Clipboard.GetData(), 0, 0
        Printer.EndDoc

7. Run the application. Click the CommandButton to print the chart to your
  default printer.

  NOTE: The EditCopy method copies both the data and the picture of the chart to
  the clipboard. Then, when you use a Paste command to retrieve the contents of
  the clipboard, the receiving application determines whether the picture or
  the data is pasted. In this example, Picture1 requests the clipboard data and
  receives a picture of the chart rather than the chart's data.

Additional query words: kbVBp500 KBComp KBCtrl Kbprinting kbprint kbVBp

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Keywords          : kbprint kbCtrl kbPrinting kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB500 kbVB600
Version           : 5.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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