DOS like printing in c# .

net on dotmatrix printers

http://www.dotnetspider.com/resources/40152-DOS-like-printing-c-net-dotmatrix-pr
inters.aspx
Here am using a clsPrintSettings class , which contains all print related method
s
Bill is generated from the database and write it to text file
Code For Printing Class
public class clsPrintSettings
{
// Printing commands are depends on the Dotmatrix printer that we are using
System.IO.StreamWriter rdr;
private string Bold_On = "_G";
private string Bold_Off = "_H";
private string Width_On = "_W1"; //Chr(27) + Chr(87) + Chr(49) '
W1
private string Width_Off = "_W0";
//Public Const Compress_On = "¤" 'Chr(15) '¤"
//Public Const Compress_Off = "_" 'Chr(18) '_
private string ELITE_PITCH = "_M";
private string Compress_On = "_ð ; //Chr(15) '¤"
private string Compress_Off = "_";
private int ColWidth=60;
public string BillType;
public string BillNo;
public string BillDt;
public string Clerk;
public string ClientName="";
public decimal Discount;
public decimal TotalAmt;
public decimal NetAmount;
public decimal MRPTotal=0,SavedTotal=0;
public System.Data.DataTable dt;
public clsPrintSettings()
{
rdr=new System.IO.StreamWriter("bill.txt");
//rdr.AutoFlush();
}
public void Close()
{
rdr.Close();
}
public void PrintHeader()
{
//PrintLine();
rdr.WriteLine(Bold_On + "ABC SUPER MARKET, KERALA" + Bol
d_Off);
rdr.WriteLine("KGST : 23040117 DT 1/1/2001");
rdr.WriteLine("CST : 23040117 DT 1/1/2001");
PrintLine();
rdr.WriteLine(Bold_On + Width_On + BillType + Width_Off
+ Bold_Off );
 PrintLine();
rdr.WriteLine("Customer : " +ClientName);
PrintLine();
}
public void PrintDetails()
{
rdr.WriteLine("SLNo |Name |Qty|MRP |Ra
te |T.Amt |Value ");
int i;
PrintLine();
for(i=0;i {
rdr.Write("{0,-4}",GetFormatedText(Convert.ToStr
ing(i+1),5)+ "|" );
rdr.Write("{0,-20}", GetFormatedText(dt.Rows[i].
ItemArray[1].ToString(),21) + "|");
rdr.Write("{0,-2}",GetFormatedText(Convert.ToStr
ing(Math.Round(Convert.ToDecimal(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[2].ToString()),0)),3)+ "|"
);
rdr.Write("{0,-6}",GetFormatedText(Convert.ToStr
ing(Math.Round(Convert.ToDecimal(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[3].ToString()),2)),6)+ "|"
);
rdr.Write("{0,-6}",GetFormatedText(Convert.ToStr
ing(Math.Round(Convert.ToDecimal(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[4].ToString()),2)),6)+ "|"
);
rdr.Write("{0,-6}",GetFormatedText(Convert.ToStr
ing(Math.Round(Convert.ToDecimal(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[5].ToString()),2)),6)+ "|"
);
rdr.Write("{0,-6}",GetFormatedText(Convert.ToStr
ing(Math.Round(Convert.ToDecimal(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[6].ToString()),2)),6)+ "")
;
rdr.WriteLine("");
MRPTotal= MRPTotal+ (Convert.ToDecimal(dt.Rows[i
].ItemArray[2].ToString())*Convert.ToDecimal(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[3].ToString())
);
}
}
private string GetFormatedText(string Cont,int Length)
{
int rLoc=Length-Cont.Length;
if(rLoc<0)
{
Cont =Cont.Substring(0,Length);
}
else
{
int nos;
for(nos=0;nos Cont =Co
nt + " ";
}
return(Cont);
}
private string GetRightFormatedText(string Cont,int Length)
{
int rLoc=Length-Cont.Length;
if(rLoc<0)
{
Cont =Cont.Substring(0,Length);
}
 else
{
int nos;
string space="";
for(nos=0;nos
space += " ";
Cont = space + Cont;
}
return(Cont);
}
private string GetCenterdFormatedText(string Cont,int Length)
{
int rLoc=Length-Cont.Length;
if(rLoc<0)
{
Cont =Cont.Substring(0,Length);
}
else
{
int nos;
string space="";
for(nos=0;nos
space += " ";
Cont = space + Cont;
}
return(Cont);
}
public void PrintFooter()
{
PrintLine();
rdr.WriteLine(" Tot
al : " + Math.Round(TotalAmt,2).ToString() );
rdr.WriteLine(" Dis
count : " + Math.Round(Discount,2).ToString() );
rdr.WriteLine(" Net
Amount : " + Math.Round(NetAmount,2).ToString() );
Miscellaneous.NumToString objMisc=new Miscellaneous.NumT
oString();
SavedTotal=MRPTotal-TotalAmt;
rdr.WriteLine(Compress_On + "You Have Saved Rs. " + Math
.Round(SavedTotal,2).ToString() + Compress_Off);
PrintLine();
rdr.WriteLine("Clerk : " + Clerk);
rdr.WriteLine("Counter : " + clsSystem.MyCounter.ToStrin
g());
rdr.WriteLine();
rdr.WriteLine("Please check your items before leavining
the counter");
rdr.WriteLine("Goods once sold will not be taken back");
// PrintLine();
}
public void PrintLine()
{
int i;
string Lstr="";
for(i=1;i {
Lstr=Lstr +"-";
}
rdr.WriteLine(Lstr);
 }
public void SkipLine(int LineNos)
{
int i;
for(i=1;i {
rdr.WriteLine("");
}
}
public void ReverseSkip(int LineNos)
{
int i;
for(i=1;i {
rdr.WriteLine(Convert.ToChar(27) + "j" + Convert
.ToChar(36 * LineNos));
}
}
public void PrintBuffer()
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("bill.bat");
}
}

Call Print Class

private void PrintBill()
{
if(MessageBox.Show("Do You want to Print the Bill","Sale
s Bill",MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)==DialogResult.OK)
{
clsPrintSettings obj=new clsPrintSettings();
obj.ReverseSkip(2);
obj.BillType = SaleType + " BILL";
obj.BillNo =txtSalesNo.Text;
obj.BillDt =dtpdate.Value.ToShortDateString();
obj.ClientName =txtClient.Text;
obj.Clerk =clsSystem.LoginStaff;
obj.TotalAmt = Convert.ToDecimal(txtTotAmt.Text
);
obj.Discount = Convert.ToDecimal(txtDisc.Text );
obj.NetAmount =Convert.ToDecimal(txtNet.Text );
obj.dt =clsSalesItems.GetBillRecords(txtSalesNo.
Text);
obj.PrintHeader();
obj.PrintDetails();
obj.PrintFooter();
obj.SkipLine(3);
obj.Close();
obj.PrintBuffer();
obj= null;
}
}

Create a batch File "Bill.bat"

type bill.txt>prn
exit