Print pages NOT in the List

Question

I have a int list containing the pages I DON'T want to print.

Let's call it skipPages.

When I tried to put the actual printing part inside the if(skipPages.IndexOf(currentPage)<0) statement, it print me blank pages.

public void printPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
    List<int> skipPages = new List<int> { 2, 5, 6 };
    if(currentPage<totalPage) e.HasMorePages = true;
    else e.HasMorePages = false;

    if(skipPages.IndexOf(currentPage)<0)
    {
        e.Graphics.DrawString(
            currentPage.ToString(),
            new Font("Times New Roman",12),
            new SolidBrush(Color.Black),
            new Point(10,10));
    }
    currentPage++;

}

And when I tried to put the e.HasMorePages = true inside it, it just stop everything after the first skip page.

public void printPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
    List<int> skipPages = new List<int> { 2, 5, 6 };
    if(currentPage<totalPage && skipPages.IndexOf(currentPage)<0) e.HasMorePages = true;
    else e.HasMorePages = false;

    e.Graphics.DrawString(
        currentPage.ToString(),
        new Font("Times New Roman",12),
        new SolidBrush(Color.Black),
        new Point(10,10));
    currentPage++;

}

Could somebody please teach me how to correctly set it up, please!?

Much appreciated!!!

Answer 1

The PrintPage event is fired for every page, so all you have to do is to skip the currentPage which is in the List.

You also need a mechanism to check if the last few pages are in the skip list, to avoid printing blank pages in the end.

List<int> skipPages = new List<int> { 2, 5, 6 };

private void printDocument1_BeginPrint(object sender, PrintEventArgs e)
{
    currentPage = 0;
}

public void printPage(object sender,System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
    bool f = false;
    int c = currentPage + 1;

    //Mechanism to check for the last few pages.
    while(skipPages.IndexOf(c)>=0) c++;
    if(c>=totalPages) f=false;
    else f=true;

    while(skipPages.IndexOf(currentPage)>=0) currentPage++; //Actual skipping part.
    if(currentPage<totalPage-1) e.HasMorePages = f;
    else e.HasMorePages = false;
    e.Graphics.DrawString(
         currentPage.ToString(),
         new Font("Times New Roman",12),
         new SolidBrush(Color.Black),
         new Point(10,10));
    currentPage++;
}