C# - Templated Printing from Object(s)

Question

I'm in need of a solution to print or export (pdf/doc) from C#. I want to be able to design a template with place holders, bind an object (or xml) to this template, and get out a finished document.

I'm not really sure if this is a reporting solution or not.

I also don't want to have to roll my own printing / graphics code -- I'd like all display concerns handled in a template.

I initially think of this as something Crystal Reports can do (although I've never used CR), but I'm not sure if I'm abusing the system here -- I'm not really interested in binding ADO.NET datasets at the moment (screw datasets). Can Crystal deal with binding to objects?

Does SSRS or WPF play in this field too?

Answer 1

A subset of WPF-P is XPS which can be used to present your objects via databinding. One of the best choices if you are already using WPF.

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