Question

I’m trying to send multiple documents directly to the printer after selecting print options from the PrintDialog class.

I need to retrieve the selected papersource. Unfortunatly, I can only find all papersources from the printer, not the selected one.

Here is a sample of my code (shorten version):

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument document;

//...

PrintDialog pDialog = new PrintDialog();
pDialog.ShowDialog();

document.PrintOptions.PrinterName = pDialog.PrinterSettings.PrinterName;   //OK

//Here I need to set the papersource
//document.PrintOptions.PaperSource = ???

document.printToPrinter(pDialog.PrinterSettings.Copies, false, 0, 0)

Am I using the good object to do this?

Note: the PageSetupDialog doesn’t provide me the printer option since i’m using windows 7.

Answer 1

I found the answer to my question with Hans Passant comment. Thanks to him.

In order to get the PaperSource from the PrintDialog, I had to set a fake PrintDocument to it.

The PrintDialog doesn’t keep the papersource directly. Instead, it sets the PrintDialog.Document.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSource.

Here is what it looks like:

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument document;

PrintDialog pDialog = new PrintDialog();
pDialog.Document = new System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument();
pDialog.ShowDialog();

document.PrintOptions.PrinterName = pDialog.PrinterSettings.PrinterName;
document.PrintOptions.CustomPaperSource = pDialog.Document.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSource;

document.printToPrinter(pDialog.PrinterSettings.Copies, false, 0, 0);