Printing out content on a java Panel with printDialog

final JPanel panel = new JPanel();

// layout your panel as desired...

// set the size & location of the panel

panel.setLocation(0, 0);

panel.setSize(500, 400);

PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();

// set the Printable to the PrinterJob

job.setPrintable(new Printable() {

public int print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) {

if (pageIndex == 0) {

panel.print(graphics);

return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;

}

return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;

}

});

// show the dialog

if (job.printDialog()) {

try {

job.print();

}

catch (PrinterException ex) {

// handle exception

}

}

Note that only in JDK5 can you print panels with all contents when the panel has noot been realilzed on screen. If you are working with a previous JDK version, you must first show the panel on screen and then print it.

The code may contain errors, I havn't run it.

danbarYa at 2007-7-13 17:35:58 >