Automated Printing of Report

I have a report that I want to print. This report is invoked from a windows
app. The only thing I have been able to figure out so far is displaying the
report in a browser. Is there a way to programmatically send my report to
the printer without viewing in browser first.
I would like it to print just as it does when I preview and print from the
designer.
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Don
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DonHmm, the only way to print from anywhere (designer or otherwise) is to
export to another format (like PDF) and print. Printing in any other way
just prints the currently showing page. Render as PDF and print that. You
could use web services to render as PDF, save the file and then print it.
Note that with SP2 there will be client supported printing (Yeah!). Don't
know when SP2 will be.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Don" <Don@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C7AC7D1-F4CF-4EF1-BCF4-170D7610A9DF@.microsoft.com...
> I have a report that I want to print. This report is invoked from a
windows
> app. The only thing I have been able to figure out so far is displaying
the
> report in a browser. Is there a way to programmatically send my report to
> the printer without viewing in browser first.
> I would like it to print just as it does when I preview and print from the
> designer.
> --
> Don
> --
> Don|||you can print from the designer by clicking on the Preview tab and just to
the right of the page number range buttons and the refresh button there is a
print preview icon, click it and the print icon will be enabled. you can
print it from there.
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> Hmm, the only way to print from anywhere (designer or otherwise) is to
> export to another format (like PDF) and print. Printing in any other way
> just prints the currently showing page. Render as PDF and print that. You
> could use web services to render as PDF, save the file and then print it.
> Note that with SP2 there will be client supported printing (Yeah!). Don't
> know when SP2 will be.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "Don" <Don@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C7AC7D1-F4CF-4EF1-BCF4-170D7610A9DF@.microsoft.com...
> > I have a report that I want to print. This report is invoked from a
> windows
> > app. The only thing I have been able to figure out so far is displaying
> the
> > report in a browser. Is there a way to programmatically send my report to
> > the printer without viewing in browser first.
> >
> > I would like it to print just as it does when I preview and print from the
> > designer.
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > --
> > Don
>
>|||How about that, I've never paid attention to that. I guess since there was
no printing from deployed reports I've never paid attention to it. That's a
little embarassing. I decided to see what it did and at least for me the
print preview is totally flaky. Nothing shows, I click the print button
after the preview and then the preview shows up. I click the print button
after the print preview and cancel it and I see part of the page.
Behind the scenes it must be doing the same thing that you could do. I am
guessing that it is rendering it in pdf and showing in the embedded browser
control and then telling it to print.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Don" <Don@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:78D74B64-F4C7-47C9-863E-6D905AE1A3F1@.microsoft.com...
> you can print from the designer by clicking on the Preview tab and just to
> the right of the page number range buttons and the refresh button there is
a
> print preview icon, click it and the print icon will be enabled. you can
> print it from there.
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> > Hmm, the only way to print from anywhere (designer or otherwise) is to
> > export to another format (like PDF) and print. Printing in any other way
> > just prints the currently showing page. Render as PDF and print that.
You
> > could use web services to render as PDF, save the file and then print
it.
> >
> > Note that with SP2 there will be client supported printing (Yeah!).
Don't
> > know when SP2 will be.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > "Don" <Don@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8C7AC7D1-F4CF-4EF1-BCF4-170D7610A9DF@.microsoft.com...
> > > I have a report that I want to print. This report is invoked from a
> > windows
> > > app. The only thing I have been able to figure out so far is
displaying
> > the
> > > report in a browser. Is there a way to programmatically send my
report to
> > > the printer without viewing in browser first.
> > >
> > > I would like it to print just as it does when I preview and print from
the
> > > designer.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Don
> > > --
> > > Don
> >
> >
> >|||Have you tried installing and using the sample print delivery extension? Look
in the samples section of the Reporting Services Books Online for how to
install it. I believe it is just a sample which therefore is not supported,
and I have never used it myself.
Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA
"Don" wrote:
> I have a report that I want to print. This report is invoked from a windows
> app. The only thing I have been able to figure out so far is displaying the
> report in a browser. Is there a way to programmatically send my report to
> the printer without viewing in browser first.
> I would like it to print just as it does when I preview and print from the
> designer.
> --
> Don
> --
> Don|||If you use DebugLocal configuration mode and 'Run' the report, it comes
up with a specialised viewer with a print button. I believe this uses
the RS.exe command line utility - but I don't know how!
Maybe you could utilise this somehow?
Also the following link in BOL shows you how to develop your own
renderer (if you're so inclined!);
ms-help://MS.RSBOL80.1033/RSAMPLES/htm/rss_sampleapps_v1_0q28.htm
Regards
Chris
Bruce L-C [MVP] wrote:
> How about that, I've never paid attention to that. I guess since
> there was no printing from deployed reports I've never paid attention
> to it. That's a little embarassing. I decided to see what it did and
> at least for me the print preview is totally flaky. Nothing shows, I
> click the print button after the preview and then the preview shows
> up. I click the print button after the print preview and cancel it
> and I see part of the page.
> Behind the scenes it must be doing the same thing that you could do.
> I am guessing that it is rendering it in pdf and showing in the
> embedded browser control and then telling it to print.