Printing the diagram from an IlvDiagrammerApplication instance

When you use the IlvDiagrammerApplication class, you automatically have the same printing facilities for your diagram component(s) as you have in the Designer:

  • Page setup (provided by the method pageSetup )

  • Print a specified area (provided by the methods setPrintArea, clearPrintArea )

  • Print preview (provided by the method printPreview )

  • Printing one, all or selected pages (provided by the method print )

  • Print to an image file (provided by the method printToBitmap ; .jpg or .png format)

These operations are available from the File menu in the application, see the following figure.

To print the diagram to the default printer from the application:

  • Click the Print button in the Print Preview window or in the main toolbar,

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  • Choose File>Print.