How to get text to fit in printPreviewDialog Document C#

Question

I am trying to get a long description to fit into my printPreviewDialog Document. However, when I type the description in my text box and try to print it the text does not stay on the document. Text not staying on document The line of code that is causing this issue is the last one e.Graphics.DrawString("Description:" + description4Repair.Text, new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Black, new Point(50, 493));

All code:

       e.Graphics.DrawString("DEVICE INFORMATION:", new Font("Arial", 14, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Black, new Point(286, 373));


        e.Graphics.DrawString("Device Type:" + devices.Text, new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Black, new Point(50, 403));

        if (devices.Visible == true & devices.Text == "Console")
        {
            e.Graphics.DrawString("Type of Console:" + consoleTextBox.Text, new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Black, new Point(50, 433));
        }

        if (comboBox3.Visible == true) //iphone selection box is visible then show selected model on print document
        {
            e.Graphics.DrawString("Type of Phone:" + comboBox3.Text, new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Black, new Point(50, 433));


        e.Graphics.DrawString("Service Type:" + serviceDesc.Text, new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Black, new Point(50, 463));

        e.Graphics.DrawString("Description:" + description4Repair.Text, new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Black, new Point(50, 493));

```

You need to wrap your text as explained in [Drawstring word wrap or display entire text](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9507842/drawstring-word-wrap-or-display-entire-text) — Mihai Pantea, Aug 25 '17 at 05:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '17 at 10:00

You need to use the overload of DrawString that allows you to layout the text within a given rectangle. To determine the size of the rectangle use MeasureString. Keep track of the vertical location in an extra variable. Your code would look like this:

private int DrawWrapped(string text, Font f, Point location, Size maxSize, Graphics g)
{
    // how much space is needed
    var neededRect = g.MeasureString(text, f, maxSize.Width - location.X);
    var rect = new Rectangle(location, neededRect.ToSize());
    g.DrawString(text, f, Brushes.Black, rect, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
    return (int) Math.Ceiling(neededRect.Height);
}

private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
    int y = 373; // keep track of where we are on the page vertically
    using (var arial14 = new Font("Arial", 14, FontStyle.Regular))
    {
        // add the used height to where we are
        y += DrawWrapped("DEVICE INFORMATION:", arial14, new Point(286, y), e.PageBounds.Size, e.Graphics);
        y += (2 * arial14.Height); // add some white space
    }
    using (var arial15 = new Font("Arial", 15, FontStyle.Regular))
    {
        y += DrawWrapped("Device Type:" + devices.Text, arial15, new Point(50, y), e.PageBounds.Size, e.Graphics);

        if (devices.Visible == true && devices.Text == "Console") // better use && me thinks 
        {
            y += DrawWrapped("Type of Console:" + consoleTextBox.Text, arial15, new Point(50, y ), e.PageBounds.Size, e.Graphics);
        }
        if (comboBox3.Visible == true) //iphone selection box is visible then show selected model on print document
        {
            y += DrawWrapped("Type of Phone:" + comboBox3.Text, arial15, new Point(50, y ), e.PageBounds.Size, e.Graphics);
            y += DrawWrapped("Service Type:" + serviceDesc.Text, arial15,  new Point(50, y ), e.PageBounds.Size, e.Graphics);
            y += DrawWrapped("Description:" + description4Repair.Text, arial15, new Point(50, y), e.PageBounds.Size, e.Graphics);
        }
    }
}

This is what the result will look like:

How to get text to fit in printPreviewDialog Document C#

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