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Using the PrintDocument
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms

public class PrintDocumentDemo
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Form1)
   End Sub
End class


Public Class Form1
    Private WithEvents SampleDoc As Printing.PrintDocument
    Private PageNumber As Integer

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        SampleDoc = New Printing.PrintDocument
        SampleDoc.Print()
    End Sub

    Private Sub SampleDoc_BeginPrint(ByVal sender As Object,ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs)Handles SampleDoc.BeginPrint
        PageNumber = 0
    End Sub

    Private Sub SampleDoc_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object,ByVal e As Printing.PrintPageEventArgs)Handles SampleDoc.PrintPage
        PageNumber += 1
        If (PageNumber >= 2) Then e.HasMorePages = False Else _
           e.HasMorePages = True

        e.Graphics.PageUnit = GraphicsUnit.Inch

        e.Graphics.DrawString("This is page " & PageNumber & ".", New Font("Ariel", 48, FontStyle.Regular),Brushes.Black, 2, 2)
        e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(New Pen(Color.Red, 0.005), 3.25!, 3.25!, 3.0!, 0.5!)
    End Sub
End Class
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Partial Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _
    Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then
            components.Dispose()
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _
    Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'Button1
        '
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 16)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 23)
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.Button1.Text = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
        Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(277, 53)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
        Me.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle
        Me.MaximizeBox = False
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Drawing Text and Graphics"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub
    Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button

End Class








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