How to Create Receipt Report VB.NET

Last Updated on August 21, 2023 by Humera Hallari

Creating a receipt report in Visual Basic .NET is indeed very important, especially for programmers who create programs with Visual Basic language (VB.NET). Because any transaction we do definitely requires a report as a strong proof of validation. In addition, any type of report including receipts is indispensable for transparency on the customer / client.

To create a report using the Visual Basic language and using the Visual Studio IDE, you can follow the following guidelines.

How to Create Receipt with VB.NET and Visual Studio

1) Add a few items: a button, and a datagridview. For the button please name it “BTPRINT“, while for datagridview give the name “DataGridView1” or as the original default.
2) Then please double click on the form, and delete all the code, paste all the following codes:

Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Public Class Form1
    Dim WithEvents PD As New PrintDocument
    Dim PPD As New PrintPreviewDialog
    Dim longpaper As Integer
    Sub changelongpaper()
        Dim rowcount As Integer
        longpaper = 0
        rowcount = DataGridView1.Rows.Count
        longpaper = rowcount * 15
        longpaper = longpaper + 200
    End Sub
    Private Sub BTPRINT_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BTPRINT.Click
        changelongpaper()
        PPD.Document = PD
        PPD.ShowDialog()
        'PD.Print()  'Direct Print

    End Sub
    Private Sub PD_BeginPrint(sender As Object, e As PrintEventArgs) Handles PD.BeginPrint
        Dim pagesetup As New PageSettings
        'pagesetup.PaperSize = New PaperSize("Custom", 250, 500) 'fixed size
        pagesetup.PaperSize = New PaperSize("Custom", 250, longpaper)
        PD.DefaultPageSettings = pagesetup
    End Sub

    Private Sub PD_PrintPage(sender As Object, e As PrintPageEventArgs) Handles PD.PrintPage
        Dim f8 As New Font("Calibri", 8, FontStyle.Regular)
        Dim f10 As New Font("Calibri", 10, FontStyle.Regular)
        Dim f10b As New Font("Calibri", 10, FontStyle.Bold)
        Dim f14 As New Font("Calibri", 14, FontStyle.Bold)

        Dim leftmargin As Integer = PD.DefaultPageSettings.Margins.Left
        Dim centermargin As Integer = PD.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSize.Width / 2
        Dim rightmargin As Integer = PD.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSize.Width

        'font alignment
        Dim right As New StringFormat
        Dim center As New StringFormat

        right.Alignment = StringAlignment.Far
        center.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center

        Dim line As String
        line = "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"

        'range from top
        e.Graphics.DrawString("Nosware.com Store", f14, Brushes.Black, centermargin, 5, center)
        e.Graphics.DrawString("New York Street 15 Avenue", f10, Brushes.Black, centermargin, 25, center)
        e.Graphics.DrawString("Tel +1763545473", f10, Brushes.Black, centermargin, 40, center)

        e.Graphics.DrawString("Invoice ID", f8, Brushes.Black, 0, 60)
        e.Graphics.DrawString(":", f8, Brushes.Black, 50, 60)
        e.Graphics.DrawString("DRW8555RE", f8, Brushes.Black, 70, 60)

        e.Graphics.DrawString("Cashier", f8, Brushes.Black, 0, 75)
        e.Graphics.DrawString(":", f8, Brushes.Black, 50, 75)
        e.Graphics.DrawString("Steve Jobs", f8, Brushes.Black, 70, 75)

        e.Graphics.DrawString("08/17/2021 | 15.34", f8, Brushes.Black, 0, 90)

        e.Graphics.DrawString(line, f8, Brushes.Black, 0, 100)

        Dim height As Integer 'DGV Position
        Dim i As Long
        DataGridView1.AllowUserToAddRows = False
        'If DataGridView1.CurrentCell.Value Is Nothing Then
        '    Exit Sub
        'Else
        For row As Integer = 0 To DataGridView1.RowCount - 1
            height += 15
            e.Graphics.DrawString(DataGridView1.Rows(row).Cells(1).Value.ToString, f10, Brushes.Black, 0, 100 + height)
            e.Graphics.DrawString(DataGridView1.Rows(row).Cells(0).Value.ToString, f10, Brushes.Black, 25, 100 + height)

            i = DataGridView1.Rows(row).Cells(2).Value
            DataGridView1.Rows(row).Cells(2).Value = Format(i, "##,##0")
            e.Graphics.DrawString(DataGridView1.Rows(row).Cells(2).Value.ToString, f10, Brushes.Black, rightmargin, 100 + height, right)
        Next
        'End If

        Dim height2 As Integer
        height2 = 110 + height
        sumprice() 'call sub
        e.Graphics.DrawString(line, f8, Brushes.Black, 0, height2)
        e.Graphics.DrawString("Total: " & Format(t_price, "##,##0"), f10b, Brushes.Black, rightmargin, 10 + height2, right)
        e.Graphics.DrawString(t_qty, f10b, Brushes.Black, 0, 10 + height2)
        e.Graphics.DrawString("~ Thanks for shopping ~", f10, Brushes.Black, centermargin, 35 + height2, center)
        e.Graphics.DrawString("~ Nosware Store ~", f10, Brushes.Black, centermargin, 50 + height2, center)
    End Sub
    Dim t_price As Long
    Dim t_qty As Long
    Sub sumprice()
        Dim countprice As Long = 0
        For rowitem As Long = 0 To DataGridView1.RowCount - 1
            countprice = countprice + Val(DataGridView1.Rows(rowitem).Cells(2).Value * DataGridView1.Rows(rowitem).Cells(1).Value)
        Next
        t_price = countprice

        Dim countqty As Long = 0
        For rowitem As Long = 0 To DataGridView1.RowCount - 1
            countqty = countqty + DataGridView1.Rows(rowitem).Cells(1).Value
        Next
        t_qty = countqty
    End Sub

End Class

3) Then you can run the project to create this receipt report.
4) You can use this code and modify it as per your needs.

For those of you who have difficulty understanding the placement of the code, you can download it in the project format (.SLN) that you can open in Visual Studio 2019. To download it you can click on the following link.

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