public void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
//Create a Dataset containing the required tables.
DataSet MyData = LoadData();
//DocumentCreator represents the API to the NTemplates engine, so we need to instantiate it
dc = new DocumentCreator();
//We need to make the DocumentCreator instance aware of the tables by ccalling the AddDataTable method
//for each need table.
foreach (DataTable dt in MyData.Tables)
{
dc.AddDataTable(dt);
}
//We'are handling some events, so we need to define some event handlers
dc.BeforeScanRecord += new BeforeScanRecordEventHandler(Dc_BeforeScanRecord);
dc.ScanEnded += new ScanEndedEventHandler(Dc_ScanEnded);
//By calling the Add<Type> methods of DocumentCreator, we add variables to the
//document creator memory space. We can use those for showing values in the report
//itself or, we can use them for internal calculations.
dc.AddDateTime("invDate", DateTime.Parse(_invoiceDate)); //Invoice date
dc.AddDouble(_extprice, 0); //Line total (price * units)
dc.AddDouble(_subtotal, 0); //Sum of all extPrices
dc.AddDouble(_taxes, 0); //Asume this is a calculated result
dc.AddDouble(_total, 0); // subtotal + taxes
dc.AddString("title", "Powered by NTemplates");
dc.AddString("address", "http://ntemplates.codeplex.com");
//Finally, we command to create the document using one of the CreateDocument method overloads.
//In this case, we are picking a template from a physical file on disc and generating the report
//to a physical file too.
dc.CreateDocument(_inputPath, _outputPath);
if (!_unitTest)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(_outputPath);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}