Print in C# from command line

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I am completely new to C# and am using the need to print a simple graphic (lines and text) from a command line application to learn something about C#. This program will read a data file and generate the graphic line by line.
Everything that I have found seems incomplete in some form and will not compile error free. Is there a complete example of code which can print from C# and is complete - will compile error free. I would like to have a know quantity to get started with this.

What I have tried:

Microsoft examples. None seem to be even close to an error free compile.

Posted 14-Apr-20 7:14am

Mark Hubelbank

Updated 14-Apr-20 11:34am

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Ravi Bhavnani 14-Apr-20 13:26pm

Mark, by "print" do you mean "output to the console"? If so, see Console.WriteLine().

/ravi

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2020-04-14T08:00:00

Solution 1

If you want to print to a printer see the example here: PrintDocument.Print Method (System.Drawing.Printing) | Microsoft Docs[^]

Posted 14-Apr-20 8:00am

RickZeeland

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2020-04-14T11:35:00

If you mean to a printer, then Rick has it covered for you.
If you mean to try and print graphics that the user can see on the screen, the a Console is not the solution you want - and that is probably why none of the solutions you have tried will compile: they are not designed for console based applications, and will not compile (or work) in that environment. A Console is a text-based environment, and does not support graphics, even simple lines are pretty much beyond it's capabilities.

If you are learning, the I'd strongly suggest that you go back a few chapters in your book, or review a couple of lessens worth of course notes - you seem to have missed something really important alone the way!