FastReport .NET web print
Hi,
i am using FastReport .NET in asp.net 2.0 .
now ,i click print buton in the toolbar to print report,it must save or open report with pdf format ,then print it
whether can i connect printer directly to print report without exporting it first ?
thank you !
i am using FastReport .NET in asp.net 2.0 .
now ,i click print buton in the toolbar to print report,it must save or open report with pdf format ,then print it
whether can i connect printer directly to print report without exporting it first ?
thank you !
Comments
It's by design - WebReport can print ONLY to PDF. There is no option to print directly to selected printer, like in WinForms. Possible ways to print from asp.net application:
- print to printer that is accessible to the machine that hosts your asp.net application (server). It can be a network printer, not your local printer. FR does not support that;
- display the report as HTML in the separate browser window and print using browser. In this case, you may get incorrect results because the browser handles printing. FR does not support that, but it is in our todo;
- export to PDF and print using Acrobat. This is most accurate way - we support that.
- install some kind of ActiveX on client machines and run it to print a report. This way is used in the Microsoft Reporting Services, but it work ONLY with IE. We don't plan to support that.
Hi,
thank for your reply!
in this case, so the client computer must install adobe Acrobat.
thank you!