How to Print a Grid in Windows Forms

15 Jun 20212 minutes to read

GridPrintDocument class will allow you to print your grids. Here is a button click event handler that will show you how to use this class.

C#

private void menuItem13_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	if (this.grid != null)
	{
		try
		{
			//Creates a print document for the grid.
			GridPrintDocument pd = new GridPrintDocument(this.grid);
	
			//Creates Print Dialog.
			PrintDialog dlg = new PrintDialog();
	
			//Assigns the print document to the dialog object.
			dlg.Document = pd;
	
			//Applies Dialog Settings.
			dlg.AllowSelection = true;
			dlg.AllowSomePages = true;
			DialogResult result = dlg.ShowDialog();
	
			if (result == DialogResult.OK)
			{
				//Prints the Grid Document.
				pd.Print();
			}
		}
		catch(Exception ex)
		{
			MessageBox.Show("An error occurred - " + ex.Message);
		}
	}
}

VB

Private Sub menuItem13_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    If Not (Me.grid Is Nothing) Then
        Try
	
			'Creates a print document for the grid.
            Dim pd As New GridPrintDocument(Me.grid)

			'Creates Print Dialog.
            Dim dlg As New PrintDialog

			'Assign the print document to the dialog object.
            dlg.Document = pd
	
			'Applies Dialog Settings.
            dlg.AllowSelection = True
            dlg.AllowSomePages = True
            Dim result As DialogResult = dlg.ShowDialog()
            If result = DialogResult.OK Then
                ' Print the Grid Document.
                pd.Print()
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(("An error occurred - " + ex.Message))
        End Try
    End If
End Sub