Question

I have my main form and then launch a new form. The new form is in the front. I send data to the printer which opens a print window popup. (prints to default, no printer to select) It then defaults back to my first form and I have to do a BringtoFront on the 2nd form after 1ms. This is an ok fix because it is only a small blip, but is there a way to hide that print window popup all together so that it just prints in the background?

// code to print

PrintDocument prnDocument;
string printername;              //Get the default printer name.                
prnDocument = new PrintDocument();
printername = Convert.ToString(prnDocument.PrinterSettings.PrinterName);

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(printername))
    throw new Exception("No default printer is set.Printing failed!");               

prnDocument.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(prnDoc_PrintPage);
prnDocument.Print();

Answer 1

According to this SO post, you should be able to hide the print dialog by doing the following:

PrintDocument printDocument = new PrintDocument();
PrintController printController = new StandardPrintController();
printDocument.PrintController = printController;

Is this what you mean?