Spread Windows Forms 6.0 Product Documentation
ShowColor Property
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FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace > PrintInfo Class : ShowColor Property


Glossary Item Box

Gets or sets whether to print the colors as they appear on the screen.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Property ShowColor As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As PrintInfo
Dim value As Boolean
 
instance.ShowColor = value
 
value = instance.ShowColor
C# 
public bool ShowColor {get; set;}

Property Value

Boolean: true to print the colors; false otherwise

Remarks

When this property is set to false, the colors specified within the Spread component are ignored, the sheet prints using black and white, and the headers print in shades of gray. When this property is set to true and the sheet is not printed on a color printer, the colors print as dithered patterns.

Example

This example shows how to define the settings for customizing the printed page layout.
C#Copy Code
// Define the printer settings
FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo printset = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo();
FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintMargin printmar = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintMargin();

printmar.Left = 10;
printmar.Right = 10;
printmar.Top = 20;
printmar.Bottom = 40;

printset.Centering = FarPoint.Win.Spread.Centering.Both;
printset.FirstPageNumber = 1;
printset.Margin = printmar;
printset.Opacity = 60;
printset.Orientation = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintOrientation.Portrait;
printset.ShowBorder = false;
printset.ShowColor = false;
printset.ShowColumnHeader = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintHeader.Hide;
printset.ShowRowHeader = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintHeader.Hide;
printset.ShowGrid = true;
printset.ShowShadows = false;
printset.ZoomFactor = 2;

// Assign the printer settings to the sheet and print it
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PrintInfo = printset;
fpSpread1.PrintSheet(0);
Visual BasicCopy Code
' Define the printer settings
Dim printset As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo()
Dim printmar As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintMargin

printmar.Left = 10
printmar.Right = 10
printmar.Top = 20
printmar.Bottom = 40

printset.Centering = FarPoint.Win.Spread.Centering.Both
printset.FirstPageNumber = 1
printset.Margin = printmar
printset.Opacity = 60
printset.Orientation = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintOrientation.Portrait
printset.ShowBorder = False
printset.ShowColor = False
printset.ShowColumnHeader = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintHeader.Hide
printset.ShowRowHeader = FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintHeader.Hide
printset.ShowGrid = True
printset.ShowShadows = False
printset.ZoomFactor = 2

' Assign the printer settings to the sheet and print it
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).PrintInfo = printset
FpSpread1.PrintSheet(0)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

See Also

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