Printing using a template

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Printing using a template

For a simple reciept system, I need to somehow define a template document with simple formatting, fill it with data and print it on a standard Windows printer. It should run on a Windows service. Which technology is best used?

EDIT:

I tried using PDF forms. I defined a couple of text fields and populated them with iTextSharp. It worked until I had to print them, which is very difficult, since you must use the program directly for reading.

An alternative that seems to be better integrated into .NET seems to be to use XPS. Does XPS have similar functionality?

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Philippe Jul 22 '13 at 13:55

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Create your own receipt template using html or plain text.

An example of using html:

HTML

<html> <head> <title>Receipt</title> </head> <body> <div>The price: <%Price%></div> <div>The time: <%Time%></div> <div>Payment Method: <%PaymentMethod%></div> </body> </html>

WITH#

  static void Main(string[] args) { CreateReceipt("€1.50", "09.30", "Cash"); } private static void CreateReceipt(string price, string time, string paymentMethod) { string bodyFile; string template = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\template.html"; using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(template)) { bodyFile = reader.ReadToEnd(); bodyFile = bodyFile.Replace("<%Price%>", price); bodyFile = bodyFile.Replace("<%Time%>", time); bodyFile = bodyFile.Replace("<%PaymentMethod%>", paymentMethod); } FileStream fs = File.OpenWrite(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\receipt.html"); StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fs, Encoding.UTF8); writer.Write(bodyFile); writer.Close(); } }