Printing column sizing issue

[Administrator]

Hi, I''ve attached a sample that demonstrates the issue I''m encountering. It seems that measuring the cell''s text returns slightly different results if displaying to screen versus printing. Is there a way to print the grid so that the top-left cell looks just like it does on screen without manually resizing columns? Thanks

issue7.zip

[Administrator]

Hi Tomas,

Try calling the ResizeToFit method for resizing the columns in a grid. Here is a code snippet.

''form Load
gm.ColWidths.ResizeToFit(GridRangeInfo.Cols(1, 4))

Let me know if this helps.
Best Regards,
Haneef

[Administrator]

Hi,

Resizing the columns through code only serves to swap the cut-off cells. It also shrinks any columns with empty cells. My users won''t be happy if their columns are one size on-screen and another when printed.

I need to be able to preview and print a grid and have the result look the same as what''s on the screen. This seems to me like a text measuring issue since the text fits into the cells on-screen but does not when printed.

Perhaps Clay could offer some advice?

Thanks

[Administrator]

Hi Tomas, This seems to be a GDI+ calculating the alignment and string width issue. You can see the following KB article which has a workaround for this issue. http://www.syncfusion.com/support/kb/grid/Default.aspx?ToDo=view&questId=24 And here is your modified sample. Print.zip Let us know if this helps. Best Regards, Leo.

[Administrator]

Hi Tomas, This seems to be a GDI+ calculating the alignment and string width issue. You can see the following KB article which has a workaround for this issue. http://www.syncfusion.com/support/kb/grid/Default.aspx?ToDo=view&questId=24 And here is your modified sample. Print.zip Let us know if this helps. Best Regards, Leo.

[Administrator]

Hi Leo,

Thanks for the modified sample; it eliminates the problem. I''m just unclear as to what the solution does differently than what the grid would do. The sample uses GDI+ to draw the string and only does custom measuring if the string is right aligned. Doesn''t the grid also use GDI+ to draw its strings?

Thanks.