Resize panel for printing in C# windows form

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Is there a way to resize a panel with its content when printing onto a specific page size?

The page size that i had set is 6 by 4 inches, I tried about designing it individually onto the page but it took a lot of time. Is there a way to design it easier instead of doing it one by one or resizing the panel when printing?

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I had tried using drawstring but I have too many components in the panel, that designing it one by one would take a lot of time.

Posted 8-Nov-21 22:46pm

Allysha April

Updated 8-Nov-21 22:56pm

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CHill60 9-Nov-21 4:55am

For the components within the panel just use anchoring, then the only thing that needs resizing is the panel

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-08T22:56:00

Basically, don't print panels directly.
Instead, use the PrintDocument class[^] and you get full control over what you print, where, and at what size.

If you have the info on a panel, it shouldn't be too difficult to work through it's Controls collection extracting the information and printing it. Printing panels directly is a PITA as you only ever get what is currently displayed, using "display friendly" font sizes and so on which can vary between two different computers rendering your print useless.