XtraPrinting Library - Summary

by Developer Express - Product Type: Component / .NET WinForms / .NET Class / 100% Managed Code

Summary

XtraPrinting Library by Developer Express

Add advanced printing functionality to your applications. The XtraPrinting Library is a 100% C# data rendering and visualization system, built specifically for Visual Studio .NET and designed to bring your User Interface to the printed page. Once you start using the XtraPrinting Library, you will be able to print the contents of advanced visual controls such as the XtraGrid and XtraTreeList with ease - without hassles, and thus offer your end-users a nearly unlimited series of "reports" without actually having to create a single report using a traditional report writer.

The XtraPrinting Library is a 100% C# data rendering and visualization system, built specifically for Visual Studio .NET and designed to bring your User Interface to the printed page. Once you start using the XtraPrinting Library, you will be able to print the contents of advanced visual controls such as the XtraGrid and XtraScheduler with ease, and thus offer your end-users a nearly unlimited series of "reports" without actually having to create a single report using a traditional report writer. With visual controls like the XtraGrid and XtraTreeList, you already have a wealth of data on-screen - which users can manipulate as they see fit: They can summarize data on any column, display Master/Detail Info, group and sort against any column, etc. In the end, this is the essence of a banded report - and with the XtraPrinting Library you can render the contents of your XtraGrid and XtraTreeList to paper - and never have to write a banded report again.

With the XtraPrinting Library, you can print and render the following Developer Express controls:

XtraGrid (Card and Grid View)

XtraCharts

XtraScheduler

XtraPivotGrid

XtraTreeList

XtraVerticalGrid

XtraLayoutControl

And the following standard controls:

DataGrid

RichTextBox

ListView

TreeView

Here is a brief list of other features available to you when using the XtraPrinting Library:

Export report to various formats

Export and send via e-mail

Create a report that contains the following elements (bricks): Brick, DrawableBrick, PageRegionBrick, PageImageBrick , PageInfoBrick , CustomBrick, EmptyBrick, SimpleBrick , CheckBoxBrick , TextBrick , ImageBrick

Print or render multiple controls within a single report. This can be done by using the specially designed CompositeLink

Set report parameters via the Page Setup dialog window

Multiple methods for page number display

Print reports with or without a preview

Modify report characteristics while in preview mode

Fully control scaling and zooming

Display a fixed number of report pages on screen regardless of window size

Fill pages with the color specified in the Color Selection dialog

Ability to create the custom brick type

UI skinning is available. The Print Preview dialog and all other UI elements are built using controls from the Developer Express .NET product line. Thus, the end-user interface delivered with the XtraPrinting Library uses the skinning capabilities found in products like the XtraGrid Suite

Ribbon UI can be integrated into the Print Preview window

Export options allow you to specify how a report or a link will be exported to the CSV, HTML, Image, MHT, PDF, RTF, TXT and XLS formats. You can also customize Email settings. These settings will be used when you send a report as an image or PDF attachment. Note that the XtraPrinting Library ships with built-in dialogs that enable end-users to modify these options

What’s new in XtraPrinting Library v2008?

Export to XLS - Support for Native Data Formatting - Previously, the XtraPrinting Library exported its data to XLS either as strings, or numbers. Now, if numeric or date-time data is exported, information about the corresponding format strings is embedded into the resulting XLS file.

What's new in XtraPrinting System v2007 vol 3?

Saving and Loading Generated Documents - With v2007 vol 3, the XtraPrinting Library allows you to save a report document from the Print Preview to its internal file format (*.prnx), and then load it within another Print Preview form.

RTF Export Improvements - The RTF export module was totally re-written and now produces genuine WYSIWYG results. The document is now correctly broken down into pages. Previously, the document was exported to RTF as a single page and page headers and footers were ignored. Cells are now represented by frames with absolute positioning instead of nested tables. This makes it easier to edit documents and significantly improves text editor performance against exported files. Watermarks are now supported (both text and images).

Image Export Improvements - Export to graphic files is now more flexible. You can control the following attributes:

Whether a document should be exported into a single image or into multiple images, page by page

Whether to separate pages from one another with a border when exporting a document into a single image file

The resolution to be used for generated images

What's new in XtraPrinting System v2007 vol 2?

HTML Export Improvements -The most significant innovation in HTML export is that HTML output has become much simpler now. Previously, even the simplest single-cell elements rendered themselves as tables. From now on, there is a single table that joins all smaller elements. Simple elements render themselves as cells within that table. These changes result in reduced HTML page size and more accurate data alignment. Additionally, this significantly reduces the risk of having problems with browsers that fail to handle deeply nested tables. And one more "side effect" is reduced memory consumption during export operations.

PartNumbers: PC-512478-162717 512478-162717 PC-512478-162718 512478-162718

Publisher PartNumbers: 41 42

PurchaseOptions: Developer Express XtraPrinting Library v2008 vol 2 (V8.2.3) 1 Developer License - Includes one year subscription , Developer Express XtraPrinting Library v2008 vol 2 (V8.2.3) 1 Developer License with Source - Includes one year subscription

Resources: Read the Developer Express XtraPrinting Library help file, Read the Developer Express License Agreement, Download the DXperience v2008 vol 2 (V8.2.3) for Visual Studio 2005/2008 evaluation on to your computer - Expires After 30 Days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: .NET WinForms, .NET Class, 100% Managed Code

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 2.0

Product Class: Business Components

Keywords: Reporting Reports Report Print Preview Printing previews prints Developer Express devexpress Enterprise Partner xtra xtraprintinglibrary printinglibrary Reporting Grid Tree