DataGridLink Class

A link to print the DataGrid control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrintingLinks

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPrinting.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Navigation, DevExpress.Win.Printing

Declaration

C#

public class DataGridLink :
    DataGridLinkBase,
    IWinLink

VB.NET

Public Class DataGridLink
    Inherits DataGridLinkBase
    Implements IWinLink

Remarks

Use the DataGridLink class to print the DataGrid control.

To do this, assign an existing DataGrid object to the DataGridLinkBase.DataGrid property, and then call either the DataGridLink.ShowPreview (DataGridLink.ShowPreviewDialog) method to preview a document, or the DataGridLink.Print (DataGridLink.PrintDlg) method to send it to a printer.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create and display a Print Preview for the DataGrid control, via the DataGridLink.

C#

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPrintingLinks;
// ...

private void simpleButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    DataGridLink dgLink = new DataGridLink();
    dgLink.DataGrid = dataGrid1;
    printingSystem1.Links.Add(dgLink);
    dgLink.ShowPreviewDialog();
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrintingLinks
' ...

Private Sub simpleButton1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles simpleButton1.Click
    Dim dgLink As DataGridLink = New DataGridLink()
    dgLink.DataGrid = dataGrid1
    printingSystem1.Links.Add(dgLink)
    dgLink.ShowPreviewDialog()
End Sub

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

LinkBase

DataGridLinkBase

DataGridLink