Class PreviewSettings

Contains some settings of the preview window.

Inheritance

System.Object

PreviewSettings

Namespace: FastReport

Assembly: FastReport.dll

Syntax

[TypeConverter(typeof(FRExpandableObjectConverter))]
public class PreviewSettings

Constructors

PreviewSettings()

Initializes a new instance of the PreviewSettings class with default settings.

Declaration

public PreviewSettings()

Properties

AllowPrintToFile

Enables or disables the "Print to file" feature in the print dialog.

Declaration

public bool AllowPrintToFile { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Buttons

Gets or sets a set of buttons that will be visible in the preview's toolbar.

Declaration

public PreviewButtons Buttons { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PreviewButtons

Examples

Here is an example how you can disable the "Print" and "EMail" buttons:

Config.PreviewSettings.Buttons = PreviewButtons.Open | 
PreviewButtons.Save | 
PreviewButtons.Find | 
PreviewButtons.Zoom | 
PreviewButtons.Outline | 
PreviewButtons.PageSetup | 
PreviewButtons.Edit | 
PreviewButtons.Watermark | 
PreviewButtons.Navigator | 
PreviewButtons.Close;

Clouds

Specifies the set of exports in clouds that will be available in the preview's "save" menu.

Declaration

public PreviewClouds Clouds { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PreviewClouds

Exports

Specifies the set of exports that will be available in the preview's "save" menu.

Declaration

public PreviewExports Exports { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PreviewExports

FastScrolling

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the fast scrolling method should be used.

Declaration

public bool FastScrolling { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Remarks

If you enable this property, the gradient background will be disabled.

Icon

Gets or sets the icon for the preview window.

Declaration

public Icon Icon { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Icon

Messengers

Specifies the set of exports by messengers that will be available in the preview's "save" menu.

Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
public PreviewMessengers Messengers { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PreviewMessengers

PagesInCache

Gets or sets the number of prepared pages that can be stored in the memory cache during preview.

Declaration

public int PagesInCache { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

Remarks

Decrease this value if your prepared report contains a lot of pictures. This will save the RAM memory.

SaveInitialDirectory

Gets or sets the initial directory that is displayed by a save file dialog.

Declaration

public string SaveInitialDirectory { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

ShowInTaskbar

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the preview window is displayed in the Windows taskbar.

Declaration

public bool ShowInTaskbar { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Text

Gets or sets the text for the preview window.

Declaration

public string Text { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Remarks

If no text is set, the default text "Preview" will be used.

TopMost

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the preview window should be displayed as a topmost form.

Declaration

public bool TopMost { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Events

PreviewOpened

Occurs when the standard preview window opened.

Declaration

public event EventHandler PreviewOpened

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler

Remarks

You may use this event to change the standard preview window, for example, add an own button to it. The sender parameter in this event is the PreviewControl.