Question

I want to generate a PDF file on server side, and then in response want to send that file (buffer,fileName- whatever may work) and show a print dialog to ask user to print the generated PDF file.

I tried something like below. But it does not trigger window.print() dialog.

   public static void ForcedPrint(HttpResponse response, byte[] buffer, string fileName, string fileExtension) {
      response.Clear();
      response.Buffer=true;
      response.Write("<script>window.print();</script>");
      response.Charset="";
      response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
      response.ContentType="application/pdf";
      response.BinaryWrite(buffer);
      response.Flush();
      response.End();
    }

Can someone please help me with this?
The feature i am looking for is that i should be able to create PDF file on server, and in response user should get a dialog to print the generated file.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You need to embed the PDF in the HTML document, say in a div called thePDF and in JavaScript code in the document, you need to invoke

thePDF.printWithDialog()

The dialog that appears will be the Adobe Reader plugin’s print dialog rather than the browser’s print dialog; this will allow selection of pages etc. before printing.