How to print only the selected grid rows

XtraGrid, XtraPrinting Library, eXpress Persistent Objects

This property The XtraGrid control provides the GridView.OptionsPrint.PrintSelectedRowsOnly property which allows to accomplish this task. This property is available since version 2009 vol 1.0. ( Print (export) only selected rows and their details )

With earlier versions of the XtraGrid control you can use the following solution:
1. Create a filtered data table, which contains only those rows, which are selected in the grid.
2. Programmatically create a new grid control.
3. Assign the settings of the source grid to the dynamically created grid.
4. Bind the dynamically created grid to the filterd data.
5. Print the dynamically created grid via the PrintingSystem component.

[C#]Open in popup window
using System.Data;using DevExpress.XtraGrid;using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;// step #1private DataTable GetTableOfSelectedRows(GridView view) {   DataTable resultTable = new DataTable();   DataTable sourceTable = null;   if(view.DataSource is DataView)       sourceTable = ((DataView)view.DataSource).Table;   else if(view.DataSource is BindingSource) {       object dv = ((BindingSource)view.DataSource).List;       sourceTable = ((DataView)dv).Table;   }   if(sourceTable != null) {       resultTable = sourceTable.Clone();       foreach(int rowHandle in view.GetSelectedRows()) {           DataRow row = view.GetDataRow(rowHandle);           resultTable.Rows.Add(row.ItemArray);       }       resultTable.AcceptChanges();   }   return resultTable;}// steps ##2 and 3private GridControl CloneGrid(GridControl sourceGrid) {GridControl resultGrid = new GridControl();resultGrid.MainView = new GridView(resultGrid);resultGrid.MainView.Assign(sourceGrid.MainView, false);Controls.Add(resultGrid);resultGrid.Visible = false;return resultGrid;}// step #4private GridControl GetGridWithSelection(GridControl grid) {GridControl clonedGrid = CloneGrid(grid);DataTable clonedTable = GetTableOfSelectedRows(grid.MainView as GridView);clonedGrid.DataSource = clonedTable;return clonedGrid;}// step #5private void PrintGrid() {if(gridView1.SelectedRowsCount == 0) printableComponentLink1.Component = gridControl1;elseprintableComponentLink1.Component = GetGridWithSelection(gridControl1);printableComponentLink1.CreateDocument();printableComponentLink1.ShowPreview();}

[VB.NET]Open in popup window
Imports DevExpress.XtraGridImports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid' step #1Private Function GetTableOfSelectedRows(ByVal view As GridView) As DataTable   Dim resultTable As New DataTable   If TypeOf view.DataSource Is DataView Then       Dim sourceTable As DataTable = CType(view.DataSource, DataView).Table       resultTable = sourceTable.Clone()       Dim rowHandle As Integer       For Each rowHandle In view.GetSelectedRows()           Dim row As DataRow = view.GetDataRow(rowHandle)           resultTable.Rows.Add(row.ItemArray)       Next rowHandle       resultTable.AcceptChanges()   End If   Return resultTableEnd Function' steps ##2 and 3Private Function CloneGrid(ByVal sourceGrid As GridControl) As GridControl   Dim resultGrid As New GridControl   resultGrid.MainView = New GridView(resultGrid)   resultGrid.MainView.Assign(sourceGrid.MainView, False)   Controls.Add(resultGrid)   resultGrid.Visible = False   Return resultGridEnd Function' step #4Private Function GetGridWithSelection(ByVal grid As GridControl) As GridControl   Dim clonedGrid As GridControl = CloneGrid(grid)   Dim clonedTable As DataTable = GetTableOfSelectedRows(grid.MainView) '   clonedGrid.DataSource = clonedTable   Return clonedGridEnd Function' step #5Private Sub PrintGrid()   If GridView1.SelectedRowsCount = 0 Then       PrintableComponentLink1.Component = GridControl1   Else       PrintableComponentLink1.Component = GetGridWithSelection(GridControl1)   End If   PrintableComponentLink1.CreateDocument()   PrintableComponentLink1.ShowPreview()End Sub

See Also:

Printing the XtraGrid in the online documentation