Progress® Telerik® Reporting R2 2021

ReportProcessor.PrintController Property

Specifies a print controller to be used when printing a Report. If a null value is specified, a default print controller is used, which displays the Print Progress dialog.

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

Syntax

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public PrintController PrintController { get; set; }

Public Property PrintController As PrintController
	Get
	Set

Property Value

Type: PrintController

Remarks

If you need a better control over the printing process, or simply to customize the appearance of the print UI, you should specify a custom print controller to this method.

Examples

This example shows how to customize the title of the Print Progress dialog with a custom provided print controller.

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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();

// Create a custom print controller based on the StandardPrintController with title: Print Progress 
System.Drawing.Printing.PrintController standardPrintController =
    new System.Drawing.Printing.StandardPrintController();

System.Drawing.Printing.PrintController customPrintController =
    new System.Windows.Forms.PrintControllerWithStatusDialog(standardPrintController, "Print Progress");

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

reportProcessor.PrintController = customPrintController;

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

' Create a custom print controller based on the StandardPrintController with title: Print Progress 
Dim standardPrintController As New System.Drawing.Printing.StandardPrintController
Dim customPrintController As New System.Windows.Forms.PrintControllerWithStatusDialog(standardPrintController, "Print Progress")

' 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 = customPrintController
reportProcessor.PrintReport(typeReportSource, printerSettings)

To prevent the print UI from appearing, you should specify valid printer settings and a standard print controller to this method.

Examples

This example illustrates how to prevent the print UI 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

Telerik.Reporting.Processing Namespace