Printing

[Dave Quigley[work]]

Im working on a printing module for a program that my company is writing and
I am wondering if im working with printing the right way.

From what I understand with the PrintDocument you get a device context and
then procede to draw everything on to the page by hand. Is this the only way
to do it or is there something easier. I have a whole bunch of fields and it
would be cool if I could make a windows form that will look how it looks or
something similar and then procede to print the form. Is there a way to do
this or is it all print it out by hand?

 

[Michael Mayer]

Generally, you print by hand, but that's not the only way.
Here's a link to printing a form.
http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/winforms/search/491.asp

And here's my page on Printing. Check back in a week or so - there will be
more coming.
http://www.mag37.com/csharp/articles/Printing/

I haven't even mentioned CrystalReports which is very complicated (from what
I've seen / heard) but very powerful for setting up the printing of "stuff".