Windows Forms: Print Windows Form in C#

Step 1: Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "PrintWindowsForms" and then click OK

Step 2: Design your form as below

We use the Northwind database to play demo. If you haven't got Northwind database, you can view How to download and restore Northwind database in SQL Server

Step 3: Create an EF Model as below

Step 4: Add code to handle your forms as below

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace PrintWindowsForms
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
        {
            //Draw form
            e.Graphics.DrawImage(bmp, 0, 0);
        }

        Bitmap bmp;

        private void btnPrint_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Open print preview dialog
            Graphics g = this.CreateGraphics();
            bmp = new Bitmap(this.Size.Width, this.Size.Height, g);
            Graphics mg = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
            mg.CopyFromScreen(this.Location.X, this.Location.Y, 0, 0, this.Size);
            printPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Get product data
            using(NorthWindEntities db = new NorthWindEntities())
            {
                productBindingSource.DataSource = db.Products.ToList();
            }
        }
    }
}

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