The sample code i tried is as below. Why set to printer "Microsoft
Office Document Image Writer" ? Must set like that to be able to print
at client printer ?
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms
Public Class Demo
Implements IDisposable
private m_currentPageIndex As Integer
private m_streams As IList(Of Stream)
Private Function LoadSalesData() As DataTable
Dim dataSet As New DataSet()
dataSet.ReadXml("data.xml")
Return dataSet.Tables(0)
End Function
Private Function CreateStream(name As String, _
fileNameExtension As String, _
encoding As Encoding, mimeType As String, _
willSeek As Boolean) As Stream
Dim stream As Stream = New
FileStream(name + "." + fileNameExtension, FileMode.Create)
m_streams.Add(stream)
Return stream
End Function
Private Sub Export(report As LocalReport)
Dim deviceInfo As string = _
"<DeviceInfo>" + _
" <OutputFormat>EMF</OutputFormat>" + _
" <PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth>" + _
" <PageHeight>11in</PageHeight>" + _
" <MarginTop>0.25in</MarginTop>" + _
" <MarginLeft>0.25in</MarginLeft>" + _
" <MarginRight>0.25in</MarginRight>" + _
" <MarginBottom>0.25in</MarginBottom>" + _
"</DeviceInfo>"
Dim warnings() As Warning = Nothing
m_streams = New List(Of Stream)()
report.Render("Image", deviceInfo, _
AddressOf CreateStream, warnings)
Dim stream As Stream
For Each stream In m_streams
stream.Position = 0
Next
End Sub
Private Sub PrintPage(sender As Object, ev As PrintPageEventArgs)
Dim pageImage As New Metafile(m_streams(m_currentPageIndex))
ev.Graphics.DrawImage(pageImage, ev.PageBounds)
m_currentPageIndex += 1
ev.HasMorePages = (m_currentPageIndex < m_streams.Count)
End Sub
Private Sub Print()
Const printerName As String = "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer"
If m_streams Is Nothing Or m_streams.Count = 0 Then
Return
End If
Dim printDoc As New PrintDocument()
printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = printerName
If Not printDoc.PrinterSettings.IsValid Then
Dim msg As String = String.Format(_
"Can't find printer ""{0}"".", printerName)
Console.WriteLine(msg)
Return
End If
AddHandler printDoc.PrintPage, AddressOf PrintPage
printDoc.Print()
End Sub
Private Sub Run()
Dim report As LocalReport = new LocalReport()
report.ReportPath = "Report.rdlc"
report.DataSources.Add(new ReportDataSource("Sales", LoadSalesData()))
Export(report)
m_currentPageIndex = 0
Print()
End Sub
Public Overloads Sub Dispose() Implements IDisposable.Dispose
If Not (m_streams Is Nothing) Then
Dim stream As Stream
For Each stream In m_streams
stream.Close()
Next
m_streams = Nothing
End If
End Sub
Public Shared Sub Main(args as string())
Using demo As Demo = new Demo()
demo.Run()
End Using
End Sub
End Class