Using PrintDialog with CR
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Category: Crystal Reports .NET 2003
Forum Name: Writing Code
Forum Discription: .NET 2003 programming API, report integration
URL: http://www.crystalreportsbook.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=393
Printed Date: 06 May 2024 at 6:13pm
Topic: Using PrintDialog with CR
Posted By: pooba53
Subject: Using PrintDialog with CR
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2007 at 12:44pm
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I would like to use the PrintDialog function with CR, but have not found any examples of how this is accomplished. Right now I simply print doing: MyReport.PrintToPrinter(1, False, 0, 0) My client wants the dialog box to pop up  Thanks! -Dan |
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Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2007 at 12:51pm
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I haven't done that before. I think you have to open it yourself (it is part of the .NET library). Either that or preview it to the user and then when they print it will pop up.
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Posted By: pooba53
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2007 at 12:54pm
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I'm wading through the documentation on the PrinterDialog class trying to figure out how to accomplish this. A lovely way to spend a Friday afternoon. Amazing how many Google's of folks wondering how to accomplish this. I shall dive in and report back my findings, Captain. |
Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2007 at 1:13pm
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Thanks. I'll have to make sure I research this one for the .NET 2005 book. It's a good topic. The problem with .NET 2003 is that not all properties of the Printer Dialog box can be passed to the ReportDocument class. So it will be good to hear what learn. (I'm spending my Friday researching custom role membership providers to integrate with an ASP.NET menu system - then tonight it's all night on the XI book). Fun fun fun... ------------- Please support the forum! Tell others by linking to it on your blog or website:<a href="http://www.crystalreportsbook.com/forum/">Crystal Reports Forum</a> |
Posted By: pooba53
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2007 at 1:37pm
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So the 8 parameters associated with ReportDocument.PrintOptions are all I have to work with and how those values are set must be captured from the PrintDialog class, correct? Eesh...you are having more fun than I on this fine Friday. |
Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2007 at 2:39pm
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Yep. That's what you gotta do.
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Posted By: pooba53
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2007 at 2:17pm
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Ended up creating my own "PrintDialog" function by populating a combo box like so: Dim i As Integer Dim pkInstalledPrinters As String For i = 0 To PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters.Count - 1 pkInstalledPrinters = PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters.Item(i) ComboBox1.Items.Add(pkInstalledPrinters) Next Then I simply captured the number of copies and name of printer and used them with the PrintToPrinter thingy. |
Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2007 at 3:14pm
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Interesting. Glad it works.
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Posted By: pooba53
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2007 at 6:22pm
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Yeah, I could not find a way to make PrintDialog work directly with the ReportDocument class as you mentioned above. -Dan |
Posted By: harisphang
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2007 at 7:41am
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well, what you need to do is very simple:
ReportDocument rd = new ReportDocument();
rd.Load( @"c:\test\test.rpt"); CrystalReportViewer crv = new CrystalReportViewer();crv.ReportSource = rd; crv.PrintReport(); |
Posted By: pooba53
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2007 at 7:46am
| That brings up a print dialog? |
Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2007 at 11:14am
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No, that is just code to load the report. To bring up the print dialog look in the help file for Visual Studio. I think they have sample code on how to load the Print Dialog for your application.
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Posted By: harisphang
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2007 at 7:18pm
| Yes, it will. have you tried it? |
Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2007 at 1:04am
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Ahhh. I see. I didn't notice the PrintReport() method call. My mistake.
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