Resolved VS2008 Change boolean after printdocument is rendered

[JuggaloBrotha]

I'm using the PrintPreviewDialog and am wondering how I can change a boolean variable after the PrintDocument has been rendered in the dialog window. I found out that using the dialog's Shown event fires before the PrintDocument has been rendered so the boolean gets changed before the document's been rendered. I can't use any of the PrintDocument's events to change the boolean since the preview dialog is not always used unless there's a way I can use the EndPrint event to detect that the PrintDocument's owner is the PrintPreviewDialog or an actual printer or something.

Any suggestions?

 

[JohnH]

e.PrintAction = (file/preview/printer),
I tested in all .Net version 2.0-4.0 and it was reliable for me, but consider the documentations remark that it's supposed not reliable PrintEventArgs.PrintAction Property (System.Drawing.Printing).
If it is not realiable for you perhaps you can use a Boolean to note if you're using preview printing?

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

PrintDocument.PrintController.IsPreview did the trick, thanks to jmc for pointing it out

 

[JohnH]

Did e.PrintAction not work for you? (it is set based on PrintControllers IsPreview btw)

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

I'd gotten the working solution last night and forgot to mark both threads as resolved till this morning so I haven't tried the e.PrintAction

I also don't even have my boolean variable anymore since I'm using the IsPreview property instead which means I don't have to set my bool before showing the preview dialog and set it back after the preview has been rendered.