How to Convert Your Winform as PDF Report

First you have to download the pdfSharp dll from sourceforge and add as a reference DLL to your desired project. Main objective of this solution is to overcome the complexity of building runtime complex reports and developer has a liberty to make her/his own design for the report.One more thing,no need to make the merge modules such as crystal and other reports.



Screen Capturing Class 

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace SyncClient.Reports
{
    public enum CaptureMode
    {
        Screen, Window
    }

    public class ScreenCapture
    {
        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
        private static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();

        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
        private static extern IntPtr GetWindowRect(IntPtr hWnd, ref Rect rect);

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
        private struct Rect
        {
            public int Left;
            public int Top;
            public int Right;
            public int Bottom;
        }

        [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
        public static extern IntPtr GetDesktopWindow();

        ///

Capture Active Window, Desktop, Window or Control by hWnd or .NET Contro/Form and save it to a specified file. 

        /// Filename.
        /// * If extension is omitted, it's calculated from the type of file
        /// * If path is omitted, defaults to %TEMP%
        /// * Use %NOW% to put a timestamp in the filename
        /// Optional. The default value is CaptureMode.Window.
        /// Optional file save mode.  Default is PNG
        public void CaptureAndSave(string filename, CaptureMode mode, ImageFormat format)
        {
            mode = CaptureMode.Window;
            format = null;
            ImageSave(filename, format, Capture(mode));
        }

        ///

Capture a specific window (or control) and save it to a specified file. 

        /// Filename.
        /// * If extension is omitted, it's calculated from the type of file
        /// * If path is omitted, defaults to %TEMP%
        /// * Use %NOW% to put a timestamp in the filename
        /// hWnd (handle) of the window to capture
        /// Optional file save mode.  Default is PNG
        public void CaptureAndSave(string filename, IntPtr handle, ImageFormat format)
        {
            format = null;
            ImageSave(filename, format, Capture(handle));
        }

        ///

Capture a specific window (or control) and save it to a specified file. 

        /// Filename.
        /// * If extension is omitted, it's calculated from the type of file
        /// * If path is omitted, defaults to %TEMP%
        /// * Use %NOW% to put a timestamp in the filename
        /// Object to capture
        /// Optional file save mode.  Default is PNG
        public void CaptureAndSave(string filename, Control c, ImageFormat format)
        {
            format = null;
            ImageSave(filename, format, Capture(c));
        }
        ///

Capture the active window (default) or the desktop and return it as a bitmap

        /// Optional. The default value is CaptureMode.Window.
        public Bitmap Capture(CaptureMode mode)
        {
            mode = CaptureMode.Window;
            return Capture(mode == CaptureMode.Screen ? GetDesktopWindow() : GetForegroundWindow());
        }

        ///

Capture a .NET Control, Form, UserControl, etc.

        /// Object to capture
        /// Bitmap of control's area
        public Bitmap Capture(Control c)
        {
            return Capture(c.Handle);
        }


        ///

Capture a specific window and return it as a bitmap

        /// hWnd (handle) of the window to capture
        public Bitmap Capture(IntPtr handle)
        {
            Rectangle bounds;
            Rect rect = new Rect();
            GetWindowRect(handle, ref rect);
            bounds = new Rectangle(rect.Left, rect.Top, rect.Right - rect.Left, rect.Bottom - rect.Top);
            CursorPosition = new Point(Cursor.Position.X - rect.Left, Cursor.Position.Y - rect.Top);

            Bitmap result = new Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height);
            using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(result))
                g.CopyFromScreen(new Point(bounds.Left, bounds.Top), Point.Empty, bounds.Size);

            return result;
        }

        ///

Position of the cursor relative to the start of the capture

        public Point CursorPosition;


        ///

Save an image to a specific file

        /// Filename.
        /// * If extension is omitted, it's calculated from the type of file
        /// * If path is omitted, defaults to %TEMP%
        /// * Use %NOW% to put a timestamp in the filename
        /// Optional file save mode.  Default is PNG
        /// Image to save.  Usually a BitMap, but can be any
        /// Image.
        void ImageSave(string filename, ImageFormat format, Image image)
        {
            format = format ?? ImageFormat.Png;
            if (!filename.Contains("."))
                filename = filename.Trim() + "." + format.ToString().ToLower();

            if (!filename.Contains(@"\"))
                filename = Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEMP") ?? @"C:\Temp", filename);

            filename = filename.Replace("%NOW%", DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd@hh.mm.ss"));
            image.Save(filename, format);
        }
    }
}




Reference Form 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using PdfSharp.Pdf;
using PdfSharp.Drawing;
using System.IO;

namespace SyncClient.Reports
{
    public partial class AdvanceReport : Form
    {

        ScreenCapture capScreen = new ScreenCapture();
        public string  ISBN { get; set; }
        public string  Dept { get; set; }
        public string  Cat { get; set; }
        public string  Imprint { get; set; }
        public string  Binding { get; set; }
        public string  NoofPages { get; set; }
        public string  RetailPrice { get; set; }
        public string  CoverImage { get; set; }
        public string  Title { get; set; }
        public string  Auth { get; set; }
        public string  AuthInfo { get; set; }

        public AdvanceReport()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void AdvanceReport_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            lblisbn.Text = ISBN;
            lblDept.Text = Dept;
            lblCat.Text = Cat;
            lblimprint.Text = Imprint;
            lblbinding.Text = Binding;
            lblnopage.Text = NoofPages;
            lblRetprice.Text = RetailPrice;
            lbltitle.Text = Title;
            lblauth.Text = " By " + Auth;
            txtAuthInfo.Text = AuthInfo;
            //txtHide.Focus(); 
            try
            {
                imgcover.BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile(CoverImage);  
            }
            catch (FileNotFoundException err)
            {
           
            }

          

        }

        private void MakeReport()
        {

            capScreen.CaptureAndSave(@"C:\tempImage\test.png", CaptureMode.Window, ImageFormat.Png);
            // Create new pdf document and page
            
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
            PdfPage oPage = new PdfPage();

            // Add the page to the pdf document and add the captured image to it
            doc.Pages.Add(oPage);
            XGraphics xgr = XGraphics.FromPdfPage(oPage);
            XImage img = XImage.FromFile(@"C:\tempImage\test.png");
            xgr.DrawImage(img, 0, 0);

            saveFileDialog.Filter = ("PDF File|*.pdf");
            DialogResult btnSave = saveFileDialog.ShowDialog();
            if (btnSave.Equals(DialogResult.OK))
            {
                doc.Save(saveFileDialog.FileName);
                doc.Close();
            }

            // I used the Dispose() function to be able to
            // save the same form again, in case some values have changed.
            // When I didn't use the function, an GDI+ error occurred.
            img.Dispose();

       
        }

        private void AdvanceReport_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyChar.ToString().ToUpper() == "P")
            {
                MakeReport();
            }
            else if (e.KeyChar.ToString().ToUpper() == "C")
            {
                this.Close(); 
            }
        }

    }
}






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