Printing using only PrintDocument

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WEvery example I've seen includes either StreamReader or PrintDialog. I am trying to (simply - which may not be the right word) convert a simple print routine from VB6 to VB.Net I have a series of print program written in VB6. Each of them prints from arrays built after a file has been opened. When the user clicks on "Print XYZ report", the click event contains the following pseudo-code: Private Sub PrintXYZ_Click() For index = 1 to max If line_ctr > 0 then printer.newpage printer.print Header_1 printer.fontsize = 10 printer.print Header_2 printer.fontsize = 8 l line_ctr = 2 endif printer.print Name(index) line_ctr = line_ctr + 1 new index end sub What is necessary to do this painlessly. Thanx

akbhattacharya · Answer

Hi jdp, I am not sure if this is exactly what u r lookin for. Well, this is the way I did the printing thing in my project. I was using Crystal Reports with vb.Net. First you have to create the report object. Here it is "MyReport" and "Report1" is the actual report that I designed. Then I used "PrintToPrinter" method to print it. It will print the report in ur default printer. Here's the code... Dim MyReport As New Report1() MyReport.PrintToPrinter(1, True, 1, 1) Is that what you want? Let me know...

Adam Erstelle · Answer

Unfortunately there is no easy way of printing. There is a very good article at the MSDN Library, titled: The Power Of Print. It is a great article, and demonstrates how to easily print, similar to the way you want. But I'm sure you understand that your programs will need slight modification to work in vb.net anyways. There is a couple articles that continue The Power Of Print, but I don't have their title off hand. Hope this helps.