Print a report without any dialogs forms showing up

rbuser

I would like to print a reports an a batch mode. Without any forms, like
print preview forms or print setup forms from appearing.

I am using Report Builder 7.
I am unable to find a suitable property within Report Builder 7. That
would stop the dialogs forms from appearing.

Roger Gilmore

nardmoseley

Try...

myReport.ShowPrintDialog := False;
myReport.ShowCancelDialog := False;
myReport.Print;

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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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rbuser

Hmmm. I'm looking into a similar situation and this information is *almost*
what I'm looking for.

Now, all I need to do is to control *which printer* is used for printing. I
have (in code) the printer name that displays on the dialog
(\\server\printer, in our case), but I don't know how to set it on the
TppCustomReport or TppCustomPrintDialog (Printer property is TObject).

I'm using ReportBuilder Server 10.08.

I'd appreciate any pointers you could give. Thanks.

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Mattias Andersson
Software Developer, SpeedLine Solutions, Inc.
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nicocizik

Hi Mattias,

If you are setting the ShowPrintDialog property to False, the Print dialog
will not be created and there is no need to set the printer for the dialog
.

In code you can use the Report.PrinterSetup.PrinterName property to manually
set the printer in code. We recommend using the PrinterSetup.PrinterNames
list to select the proper name as printer names can be different for
different machines.

Report.PrinterSetup.PrinterName := Report.PrinterSetup.PrinterNames[0];

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

"Mattias Andersson"

rbuser

Thank you very much! I don't know how I didn't notice those properties,
before, but they work like a charm.

(FWIW, I was looking into the Print Dialog because I thought I might have to
let it show up and then control its properties and close it from
OnPrintDialogCreate; I'm glad that's not the case. :-) )

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Mattias Andersson
Software Developer, SpeedLine Solutions, Inc.
remove@thispartMAnderssonAtDomainSpeedLineSolutionsDotComNotDotNet.net