printing capability
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Hi All Most applications need the ability to print reports of one sort or another. Printing classes are tedious and difficult to program. I am wondering: what do people on here do when you need printing capabilites (for reports etc)?
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Hi All Most applications need the ability to print reports of one sort or another. Printing classes are tedious and difficult to program. I am wondering: what do people on here do when you need printing capabilites (for reports etc)?
Ryan Minor wrote:
Printing classes are tedious and difficult to program.
Initially one might feel that way but not once you get hold of them.
Ryan Minor wrote:
what do people on here do when you need printing capabilites (for reports etc)?
Depends on the need. Use crystal reports or SSRS if possible or else go with the Printing classes available.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
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Hi All Most applications need the ability to print reports of one sort or another. Printing classes are tedious and difficult to program. I am wondering: what do people on here do when you need printing capabilites (for reports etc)?
Like d@nish says, it could be a daunting task at the begining but once you have written it once you can re-use it over and over again all the time. I wroyte my own some time ago when I needed one and I just add the class into my new projects now. Took a while to get it written but once I got it working it is great.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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Hi All Most applications need the ability to print reports of one sort or another. Printing classes are tedious and difficult to program. I am wondering: what do people on here do when you need printing capabilites (for reports etc)?
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Ryan Minor wrote:
Printing classes are tedious and difficult to program.
Initially one might feel that way but not once you get hold of them.
Ryan Minor wrote:
what do people on here do when you need printing capabilites (for reports etc)?
Depends on the need. Use crystal reports or SSRS if possible or else go with the Printing classes available.
50-50-90 rule: Anytime I have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability I'll get it wrong...!!
I go with SSRS, it has all the functionality built-in that we need for all the projects I've worked on. It's also nice to have a separate Report project and be able to develop the Reports in VS2005.
Hold on a second here... Don't you think you might be putting the horse ahead of the cart?