How to get printing status in C#

Hi i am Mohit,

i have my simple function to print the document like :

public string PrintMyFile(string fileName)

{

//which gets the default printer..

PrintQueue printQueue = LocalPrintServer.GetDefaultPrintQueue();

PrintSystemJobInfo printSystemJobInfo = printQueue.AddJob(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName), fileName, false);

string status = printSystemJobInfo.JobStatus;

return status;

}

Here in 'status' i am getting the status as 'spooling' but i need to get the status once the document is printed. How can i do that?

I read about PrintEventArgs OnEndPrint() but i dont know how to use it. Please guide me on this.

For this problem you have to use PrintDocument object in System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument.

After declaring the PrintDocument object you will also create the three events of Print Document which are:

_printDocument.BeginPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_BeginPrint);

_printDocument.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(pd_PrintPage);

_printDocument.EndPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_EndPrint);

Sample Code

public PrintDocument _printDocument;

public PrintDocument _printDocument;
_printDocument = new PrintDocument
{
PrinterSettings = _settings,
DefaultPageSettings = { PrinterResolution = { X = 300, Y = 300 } }
};
_printDocument.BeginPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_BeginPrint);
_printDocument.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(pd_PrintPage);
_printDocument.EndPrint += new PrintEventHandler(pd_EndPrint);
private void pd_BeginPrint(object beginPrintSender, PrintEventArgs beginPrintE)
{
//Write your logic when printing starts
}
private void pd_PrintPage(object printPageSender, PrintPageEventArgs printPageE)
{
// write your logic while printing
}
private void pd_EndPrint(object sender, PrintEventArgs endPrintE)
{
try
{
//write your logic when printing ends
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
}

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