i need help  to print my report details in front and back side of singl paper.

 

 

i am using vbdotnet 2005 and i have one report to  print Registration details on the front of report and instructions  on back of the report

 

the printer i have is support Duplex  printing. but the problem how to do this in crystal report.

 

please help cause i suffer alot.

 

 

thanks all.

 

 

Since you are using VB.NET you probably have a couple of options.

 

The 1st is inside the CR developer.

1. right-click anywhere on the report and select "Designer" then select "Printer Setup..."

2. Select the printer that you want to print to and click the "Properties" button.  Since you have probably used the printer before, the rest should be familiar to you.

 

From a VB.NET standpoint, I think that you might be able to use the "PrinterDuplex" option within your "ReportDocument.PrintOptions" coding.

 

Regards,

 

Here was how I did it using vb.net and crystal reports.

1. In the report, create a seperate detail section to hold your second page.  Crystal will see it as Details a & b.  In section a, set the new page after property.  This will cause the second page (details b) to print on a seperate page. 

2. Ok. The next step is to programmically tell your printer to print in duplex.  Study the code below and modify it to suite your needs.

               ' Declare an object of your report.
                Dim objReportObject As New rptTheDailySavings

                'Declare a printoptions object of the objReportObjects print option.  Set the settings.
                Dim PrintOptions As CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.PrintOptions = objReportObject.PrintOptions
                PrintOptions.PrinterName = "Your Printer Name Here"
                PrintOptions.PaperOrientation = CrystalDecisions.Shared.PaperOrientation.DefaultPaperOrientation
                PrintOptions.PaperSize = CrystalDecisions.Shared.PaperSize.DefaultPaperSize
                PrintOptions.PrinterDuplex = CrystalDecisions.Shared.PrinterDuplex.Default
                PrintOptions.PaperSource = CrystalDecisions.Shared.PaperSource.Auto

                ' Send the report to the printer.
                objReportObject.PrintToPrinter(1, False, 1, 2)

 

Hope this helps.