Printing

[Darren]

Guys,

Based on selection in a datagrid,I need to retrieve info
to construct a letter from a table in my database and
send it off for printing.Now the thing is there may be a
few hundred letters to be printed.How do I accomplish
this in ASP.NET

Any examples/links would be appreciated

 

[Lucas Tam]

Now the thing is there may be a
few hundred letters to be printed.How do I accomplish
this in ASP.NET

Crystal Reports would be good for printed formatted reports.

Are you doing client side printing or server side printing?

 

[chanmmn]

Visit this:

http://www.asp.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=8&tabid=47

chanmm

 

[Darren]

I need client side printing,

I dont think I can use crystal reports, What other
alternatives are available for me

thanks

 

[Lucas Tam]

I dont think I can use crystal reports, What other
alternatives are available for me

Another possiblity is to use Microsoft Word and do a mail merge.

You can access Microsoft Word via the Office Interops.

 

[Lucas Tam]

I need client side printing,

I dont think I can use crystal reports, What other
alternatives are available for me

Crystal is included with VS.NET and has an HTML browser. It works great
because you can export the reports/letters as PDF thus allowing almost
perfect reproduction on the client side.

 

[Anon-E-Moose]

http://www.asp.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=8&tabid=47

Why would people use datagrids, etc to build reports when Crystal can do it
much better - and it's easier to maintain too?

Crystal is included with all versions VS.NET... so would it make more sense
to leverage Crystal than to manually recreate the wheel?

However, I guess ASP.NET is also targeted for those without VS.NET.