Re: printing example needed

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I agree with you... using printdocument is a nightmare. But I think it is
still the way to go for me. I believe I've just about got it worked out
using straight text and fonts... It seemed to me that I might have had a
short-cut in the RTB -- but it was just another one of those blind-alley
things :)

Too bad there is no simple way to render RichText from the RT-Box control to
the windows printer. Failing to provide methods for writing RT to a printer
sort of defeats the purpose of having an RT control.

"Bryan Phillips" <bphillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have you looked into using Reporting Services (client-side only) to
print your invoice? Printing using the PrintDocument class is a
nightmare.

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Bryan Phillips
MCT, MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
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Web Site: http://www.composablesystems.net



"Bill Angus" <mdangus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi:

Does anybody know of a good VB.net example to demonstrate printing --
hopefully online somewhere? I want my app to print-out an invoice. The
invoice could be multiple pages in length. It would have a
business-address
header on the first page (from an RTF box in app setup? ), plus a
bill-to
and ship-to address (in a rectangular box), followed by a table of
items,
(each row in the table would have qty, description, unitprice, extended
price and so forth). I would like to put a document footer on each page
(another user-swetting taken from an RTF box on a setup form in the
application). Plus at the end of the job, I would like to print summary
information (totals, balance owing, etc).

Looking around so far, it seems that printing RTF may not be as easy as
I
first thought it would be.

Any direction that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. Have
a
great day!

Bill Angus
http://www.psychtest.com



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