Print Problem

[Former Member]

Hi,  I used CrystalReportViewer in Visual Studio 2013 to show report on Web app.  The report works fine, but when I click "Print" button to print this report, it shows the dialog "Print to PDF" to Export.  How to get "Print" dialog. 

Thank you very much for any idea and help.

Regards,

Qin

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

Alternatively, create your own print dialog and place that under your own button:

using System; 
using System.Collections.Generic; 
using System.ComponentModel; 
using System.Data; 
using System.Drawing; 
using System.Linq; 
using System.Text; 
using System.Windows.Forms; 
using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine; 
using CrystalDecisions.Shared; 
using System.Drawing.Printing; 

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 
{ 
    public partial class Form1 : Form 
    { 
        CrystalReport1 cr; 
        public Form1() 
        { 
            InitializeComponent(); 
        } 

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) 
        { 
            ToolStrip ts; 
            ts = (ToolStrip)crystalReportViewer1 .Controls[3]; 

            ToolStripButton printbutton = new ToolStripButton(); 
            printbutton.Image = ts.Items[1].Image; 
            ts.Items.Remove(ts.Items[1]); 
            ts.Items.Insert(1, printbutton); 

            ts.Items[1].Click += new EventHandler(this.CaptureEvent);                   
            cr = new CrystalReport1(); 
            this.crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = cr; 

        } 

        private void CaptureEvent(Object Sender, EventArgs e) 
        { 
            try 
            {        // Create a Print Dialog                 
                PrintDialog printDialog1 = new PrintDialog(); 

                // Create a Print Document 
                PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument(); 

                printDialog1.Document = pd; 
                printDialog1.ShowNetwork = true; 
                printDialog1.AllowSomePages = true; 

                DialogResult result = printDialog1.ShowDialog(); 
                if (result == DialogResult.OK) 
                { 
                    MessageBox.Show("Print button has been selected !!!"); 
                    PrintReport(printDialog1.PrinterSettings.PrinterName); 
                } 
                else if (result == DialogResult.Cancel) 
                { 
                    MessageBox.Show("Cancel button has been selected !!!"); 
                } 
            } 

            catch (Exception ex) 
            { 
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); 
            } 
         } 


        private void PrintReport(string printerName) 
        { 
            // Select the printer. 
            cr.PrintOptions.PrinterName = printerName; 

            /* Print the report. Set the startPageN and endPageN 
             parameters to 0 to print all pages.*/ 
            cr.PrintToPrinter(1, false, 0, 0); 
        }                           
    } 
}

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[former_member188030]

In Visual Studio -  CrystalReportViewer Control properties - set the 'PrintMode' property to 'ActiveX'.

By default the property is set to 'PDF' thats why the print to pdf pops up.

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[DellSC]

However, be aware that ActiveX does not work in all browsers.  I think Chrome will automatically use PDF printing.

-Dell