Current Status of Printing?

[Aaron]

Hi,

I've done some searches and found conflicting reports of the current status of printing the RadGridView control.  Can someone say where we are today with this important, yet elusive, task?

I need a data grid control that can be printed effectively, including pagination, orientation, paper size etc.  Is Telerik's RadGridView that control?

Thanks.

Aaron

[Dimitrina]

Hi,

I would suggest you to check the "Print and Export with RadDocument" wpf demo on printing RadGridView. You can also create the document step by step. In order to be able to extend the example I suggest you to go through the articles about using the RadDocument and about the document viewer control - RadRichTextBox.   

Please note that the printing functionality the RadGridView suggests is not designed for big amounts of data as the RadDocument is saved in the memory in order to be printed.

For advanced printing scenarios I would suggest you to check the Telerik Reporting product.

Regards,
Didie
Telerik

[Aaron]

That's a pretty cool demo. 

One question: GridLines don't print in this demo.  Is it possible to have it print the gridLines?

Thanks.

Aaron

[Aaron]

Oops, my bad.  It looks like they're there, just very faint.

Aaron

[Aaron]

What about paper size?  Is there an easy way to add Legal (8 1/2" X 14") to the paper size list in Print Preview?

Aaron

[Steven]

Hi,

We have lots of RadGridViews throughout our application and also need to print them. We are investigating using Telerik Reporting as you suggest to achieve this.

I have a couple of questions about the best way to proceed with this.

1) Is there an easy way to go from grid to report? We have a large number of grids and it would take a lot of effort if we had to manually create a report for each grid.
2) In our grids we have some sparklines and other custom cell types. Is it possible to have these in the reports as well?
3) What is the best way to link a grids ItemsSource with the data source of the report? (I'm new to reporting and struggling a bit with the creating a data source for the report via the wizard).

Thanks,

Steven

[Nick]

Hi Steven,

I would suggest to open a thread in the Reporting forums, or even send a support ticket to get a quick adequate response on the matter. 

Aaron, 

The size of a page is a property of the Section document element. You can find more information on setting the page size in code-behind here: http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/radrichtextbox-features-document-elements-section.html#Customize_a_Section. The examples use PaperTypeConverter, but you can also create your own Size.

Hope this helps!  Regards,
Nik
Telerik