Printing in C# (wpf)
Printing in WPF is both simple and not so simple.
It starts with basically with one or two lines of code you are printing already.
private void PrintBtn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e){ PrintDialog printDialog = new PrintDialog(); if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == true) { printDialog.PrintVisual(grid, "My First Print Job"); }}However, pagination in WPF is not done with a single line of code. Then you get into FlowDocuments and similar more advanced topics.
If you are making a non-commercial tool for yourself, consider iTextSharp which is very good too.
If you want to print all records from datagrid in WPF.In which I have create flow document using code you can understand logic and make it according to own requirement.After a lot of working.I have done code recently.It is tested code.It will print every datagrid with all records.It is easy and simple code.You would add a class.If you want to decorate a datagrid then go to PrintDG class then decorate it acording to own requirement.
Follow these steps.
Step1:Add these references on top.
using System.Windows;using System.Windows.Controls;using System.Windows.Data;using System.Windows.Documents;using System.Windows.Media;Step2: Add class PrintDG.cs.
public class PrintDG{ public void printDG(DataGrid dataGrid, string title) { PrintDialog printDialog = new PrintDialog(); if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == true) { FlowDocument fd = new FlowDocument(); Paragraph p = new Paragraph(new Run(title)); p.FontStyle = dataGrid.FontStyle; p.FontFamily = dataGrid.FontFamily; p.FontSize = 18; fd.Blocks.Add(p); Table table = new Table(); TableRowGroup tableRowGroup = new TableRowGroup(); TableRow r = new TableRow(); fd.PageWidth = printDialog.PrintableAreaWidth; fd.PageHeight = printDialog.PrintableAreaHeight; fd.BringIntoView(); fd.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center; fd.ColumnWidth = 500; table.CellSpacing = 0; var headerList = dataGrid.Columns.Select(e => e.Header.ToString()).ToList(); for (int j = 0; j < headerList.Count; j++) { r.Cells.Add(new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(headerList[j])))); r.Cells[j].ColumnSpan = 4; r.Cells[j].Padding = new Thickness(4); r.Cells[j].BorderBrush = Brushes.Black; r.Cells[j].FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold; r.Cells[j].Background = Brushes.DarkGray; r.Cells[j].Foreground = Brushes.White; r.Cells[j].BorderThickness = new Thickness(1, 1, 1, 1); } tableRowGroup.Rows.Add(r); table.RowGroups.Add(tableRowGroup); for (int i = 0; i < dataGrid.Items.Count; i++) { DataRowView row = (DataRowView)dataGrid.Items.GetItemAt(i); table.BorderBrush = Brushes.Gray; table.BorderThickness = new Thickness(1, 1, 0, 0); table.FontStyle = dataGrid.FontStyle; table.FontFamily = dataGrid.FontFamily; table.FontSize = 13; tableRowGroup = new TableRowGroup(); r = new TableRow(); for (int j = 0; j < row.Row.ItemArray.Count(); j++) { r.Cells.Add(new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(row.Row.ItemArray[j].ToString())))); r.Cells[j].ColumnSpan = 4; r.Cells[j].Padding = new Thickness(4); r.Cells[j].BorderBrush = Brushes.DarkGray; r.Cells[j].BorderThickness = new Thickness(0, 0, 1, 1); } tableRowGroup.Rows.Add(r); table.RowGroups.Add(tableRowGroup); } fd.Blocks.Add(table); printDialog.PrintDocument(((IDocumentPaginatorSource)fd).DocumentPaginator, ""); } }}Step2: Then go to print button click event and create object of PrintDG class then call printDG pass to It two parameters datagridname and title.
Like :
private void print_button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { PrintDG print = new PrintDG(); print.printDG(datagridName, "Title");}If any erorr occure during execution tell me I will solve It.The is running code only you copy and past.
These links may help you in understanding how printing works and what exactly to use:
http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2006/02/201111.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742418(v=vs.100).aspx