Progress® Telerik® Reporting R2 2021

ReportProcessor.PrintReport Method (ReportSource, PrinterSettings, String)

Prints a report document using the specified printer settings and output format.

Namespace:  Telerik.Reporting.Processing
Assembly:  Telerik.Reporting (in Telerik.Reporting.dll)

Syntax

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public void PrintReport(
	ReportSource reportSource,
	PrinterSettings printerSettings,
	string outputFormat
)

Public Sub PrintReport ( 
	reportSource As ReportSource,
	printerSettings As PrinterSettings,
	outputFormat As String
)

Parameters

reportSource

Type: Telerik.ReportingReportSource
Specifies the ReportSource for the report document to print.

printerSettings

Type: System.Drawing.PrintingPrinterSettings
Specifies the printer settings to be used when printing the document. If null or invalid settings are specified, the Print Dialog appears.

outputFormat

Type: SystemString
Specifies the output format to be used when printing the document. If not specified, the EMF format will be used.

Remarks

To prevent the Print Dialog from appearing, you should specify valid printer settings to this method.

Examples

This example illustrates how to prevent the standard Print Dialog from appearing in a batch print operation or when printing from a service.

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var reportName = "Telerik.Reporting.Examples.CSharp.Dashboard, CSharp.ReportLibrary";

// Obtain the settings of the default printer
System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings printerSettings
    = new System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings();

// The standard print controller comes with no UI
System.Drawing.Printing.PrintController standardPrintController =
    new System.Drawing.Printing.StandardPrintController();

// Print the report using the custom print controller
Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor reportProcessor
    = new Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor();

reportProcessor.PrintController = standardPrintController;

Telerik.Reporting.TypeReportSource typeReportSource =
    new Telerik.Reporting.TypeReportSource();

// reportName is the Assembly Qualified Name of the report
typeReportSource.TypeName = reportName;

reportProcessor.PrintReport(typeReportSource, printerSettings);

Dim reportName = "ReportCatalog, VB.ReportLibrary"

' Obtain the settings of the default printer
Dim printerSettings As New System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings

' The standard print controller comes with no UI
Dim standardPrintController As New System.Drawing.Printing.StandardPrintController

' Create a report source to pass the report to the report processor
Dim typeReportSource As New Telerik.Reporting.TypeReportSource()

' reportName is the Assembly Qualified Name of the report
typeReportSource.TypeName = reportName

' Print the report using the custom print controller
Dim reportProcessor As New Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor
reportProcessor.PrintController = standardPrintController
reportProcessor.PrintReport(typeReportSource, printerSettings)

Version Information

Supported in: 1.0.1

See Also

Reference

ReportProcessor Class

PrintReport Overload

Telerik.Reporting.Processing Namespace