Q: Reports and Printouts in VB.Net

[G .Net]

Hi all

I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on an application I'm
writing.

In the application I want to be able to generate a printout of results. In
the past I have done this using MFC to write text, graphics etc. to a View
and then to print it out - a nightmare!!!

I've heard people talk about Crystal Reports etc. but don't know anything
about it. Only that it may be a better route to take.

The printout I'm generating varies depending on the user selections in the
application so that the layout can change from run to run.

Can anybody suggest any tutorials or sites which will point me in the right
direction for generating printouts for applications?

Thanks in advance

G

[G .Net]

P.S. The application I'm writing isn't strictly a database application (my
understanding is Crystal Reports is mainly for database stuff ?)

"G .Net" <no********@email.comwrote in message
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Hi all

I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on an application
I'm writing.

In the application I want to be able to generate a printout of results. In
the past I have done this using MFC to write text, graphics etc. to a View
and then to print it out - a nightmare!!!

I've heard people talk about Crystal Reports etc. but don't know anything
about it. Only that it may be a better route to take.

The printout I'm generating varies depending on the user selections in the
application so that the layout can change from run to run.

Can anybody suggest any tutorials or sites which will point me in the
right direction for generating printouts for applications?

Thanks in advance

G

[Duncan.Jones]

G .Net wrote:

P.S. The application I'm writing isn't strictly a database application (my
understanding is Crystal Reports is mainly for database stuff ?)

"G .Net" <no********@email.comwrote in message
news:9N******************************@pipex.net...

Hi all

I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on an application
I'm writing.

In the application I want to be able to generate a printout of results. In
the past I have done this using MFC to write text, graphics etc. to a View
and then to print it out - a nightmare!!!

I've heard people talk about Crystal Reports etc. but don't know anything
about it. Only that it may be a better route to take.

The printout I'm generating varies depending on the user selections in the
application so that the layout can change from run to run.

Can anybody suggest any tutorials or sites which will point me in the
right direction for generating printouts for applications?

Thanks in advance

G

There's an article I worte on printing in VB.Net at:
http://www.merrioncomputing.com/Prog...g/NetPrint.htm that might
help get you started, and a couple of code samples on TheCodeproject ;
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/pr...tutilities.asp and
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/datagridprinter.asp that should also
be of use.

[G .Net]

Thanks Duncan

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G .Net wrote:

>P.S. The application I'm writing isn't strictly a database application
(my
understanding is Crystal Reports is mainly for database stuff ?)

"G .Net" <no********@email.comwrote in message
news:9N******************************@pipex.net.. .

Hi all

I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on an application
I'm writing.

In the application I want to be able to generate a printout of results.
In
the past I have done this using MFC to write text, graphics etc. to a
View
and then to print it out - a nightmare!!!

I've heard people talk about Crystal Reports etc. but don't know
anything
about it. Only that it may be a better route to take.

The printout I'm generating varies depending on the user selections in
the
application so that the layout can change from run to run.

Can anybody suggest any tutorials or sites which will point me in the
right direction for generating printouts for applications?

Thanks in advance

G

There's an article I worte on printing in VB.Net at:
http://www.merrioncomputing.com/Prog...g/NetPrint.htm that might
help get you started, and a couple of code samples on TheCodeproject ;
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/pr...tutilities.asp and
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/datagridprinter.asp that should also
be of use.