How do I create a document for printing?

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I have written an application to record the scores of a golf competition.
The data is held locally in a datatables before being saved as three CSV files when the competition is closed.
I have created a dataview of one of the datatables which when sorted into winning order creates the basis for the results sheet.
I now want to produce the result sheet in the right format and display it on the monitor before printing. I will also save a copy of the results sheet as a PDF file to be displayed later on a WEB site.

My problem I have is that I do not know the best method for creating the results sheet ?

I tried using a windows form but the length of the results sheet is greater than the form height.
The results sheet will also include a picture as the header of the results sheet.

Posted 18-Jan-16 4:25am

Dave the Golfer

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Richard MacCutchan 18-Jan-16 11:22am

Probably a DatagridView is the best choice for a table view.

Dave the Golfer 19-Jan-16 11:23am

Richard
Thanks for the advice. I am shying away from a DataGridView as I wanted to display the data in the format I want it printed rather than in a spreadsheet format.

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Solution 1

If you're using WinForms, you can use PrintDocument Class (System.Drawing.Printing)[^].

If you would like to use reporting tools, you may be interested in:
Crystal Reports[^]
ReportViewer[^]

Posted 18-Jan-16 10:07am

Maciej Los

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Dave the Golfer 19-Jan-16 11:21am

Maciej

Thanks for the advice. I will look into the ReportViewer package.

Maciej Los 19-Jan-16 12:39pm

You're very welcome. Let me know if it would be helpful.

Duncan Edwards Jones 21-Jan-16 4:18am

I would second the recommendation to use PrintDocument yourself - that way you get full programmatic control over how the output looks.

Have a look at: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/27404/An-absolute-beginner-s-guide-to-printing-in-NET to start with.

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Member 11693483 · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-20T02:37:00

Solution 2

You are using excel -- creat an excel spread sheet form and using c or vb fill in the data.

Posted 20-Jan-16 2:37am

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Dave the Golfer 20-Jan-16 17:29pm

Thanks for your suggestion but I do not wish to use Excel.

Dave the Golfer 29-Jan-16 6:28am

Revisited your advice and using Excel seems to be the way forward. Thanks very much. Siddharthrout. Com does very good articles on using Excel in VB .net