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Printing Reports in .NET

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Using the library presented, you can print reports from C# and other .NET languages
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using ReportPrinting;

namespace ReportDocumentTesting
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Test the SectionBox
	/// </summary>
	public class ReportTest12 : IReportMaker
	{
        public void MakeDocument(ReportDocument reportDocument)
        {
            TextStyle.ResetStyles();
            ReportBuilder builder = new ReportBuilder(reportDocument);
            builder.StartLinearLayout (Direction.Vertical);

            SectionBox box;
            LinearSections contents;

            // Box 1
            box = new SectionBox();
            box.Background = Brushes.LightPink;
            box.Width = 4;
            box.Height = 2.5f;
            box.Padding = 0.5f;
            box.Border = new Pen (Color.Red, 0.25f);
            box.UseFullWidth = true;
            box.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center;
            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("A centered box, 4 by 2.5 inches", TextStyle.Normal));
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("0.5 inch padding", TextStyle.Normal));
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("0.25 inch borders", TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            // Box 2
            box = new SectionBox();
            box.Background = Brushes.LightBlue;
            box.Width = 5;
            box.Padding = 0.1f;
            box.Border = reportDocument.NormalPen;
            box.Margin = 0.3f;
            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("A box, 4 by x inches (height should scale to fit contents)", TextStyle.Normal));
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("0.1 inch padding", TextStyle.Normal));
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText (MainForm.Text1, TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            builder.AddPageBreak();

            // Box 3
            box = new SectionBox();
            box.Background = Brushes.LightBlue;
            box.Padding = 0.1f;
            box.Border = reportDocument.NormalPen;
            box.Margin = 0.3f;
            box.UseFullHeight = true;
            box.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Middle;
            box.UseFullWidth = true;
            box.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center;

            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("A box, x by x inches ( width and height should scale to fit contents)", TextStyle.Normal));
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("0.1 inch padding", TextStyle.Normal));
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("0.3 inch margins", TextStyle.Normal));
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("centered vertically and horizontally", TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            builder.AddPageBreak();

            // Box 4
            box = new SectionBox();
            box.WidthPercent = 50;
            box.HeightPercent = 50;
            box.Border = reportDocument.ThickPen;
            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("A box, 50% by 50%", TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            // Box 5
            box = new SectionBox();
            box.WidthPercent = 100;
            box.HeightPercent = 50; // uses half of the remaining area...
            box.Border = reportDocument.ThickPen;
            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("A box, 100% by half of what's left", TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            builder.AddPageBreak();

            builder.StartLayeredLayout ();
            builder.AddTextSection ("This page uses a layered approach");

            box = new SectionBox();
            box.Width = 2;
            box.Height = 2;
            box.OffsetLeft = 1;
            box.OffsetTop = 2;
            box.Border = reportDocument.ThickPen;
            box.Background = Brushes.Ivory;
            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("2x2 at 1,2", TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            box = new SectionBox();
            box.Width = 2;
            box.Height = 2;
            box.OffsetLeft = 2;
            box.OffsetTop = 3;
            box.Border = reportDocument.ThickPen;
            box.Background = Brushes.Ivory;
            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("2x2 at 2,3", TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            box = new SectionBox();
            box.Width = 3;
            box.Height = 3;
            box.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
            box.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Bottom;
            box.Border = reportDocument.ThickPen;
            box.Background = Brushes.Ivory;
            contents = new LinearSections ();
            contents.AddSection (new ReportSectionText ("3x3", TextStyle.Normal));
            box.Content = contents;
            builder.AddSection (box);

            builder.FinishLayeredLayout();
            builder.FinishLinearLayout ();
        }



	}
}

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