I am currently writing a service that will run once per day, retrieve data from a SQL database, and print some reports.
Here is the problem:
I have an xml config file which contains a report code (eg RPT001) and the printer it is to print to. This means that in future if I want to, I can simply change the printer name without too much disruption and the reports will be redirected elsewhere.
However, I am unable to set the printer name so that the report gets printed out. When I use :
// If we have specified a printer name print to this one otherwise the
A call to pd.PrinterSettings.IsValid, always returns false.
I have been looking into the PrintingPermissions topic, however I am unable to find a proper clear sample of how to use it so that I can grant access to my code to be able to print across the network.
The printers are connected to a central print server, however specifying "\\servername\printer" doesnt seem to work either.
To complete the picture, the code which performs the printing is in its own DLL and the service references this DLL.
What changes need to be made and where to get this to work?
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ramesees
Hi all
I am currently writing a service that will run once per day, retrieve data from a SQL database, and print some reports.
Here is the problem:
I have an xml config file which contains a report code (eg RPT001) and the printer it is to print to. This means that in future if I want to, I can simply change the printer name without too much disruption and the reports will be redirected elsewhere.
However, I am unable to set the printer name so that the report gets printed out. When I use :
// If we have specified a printer name print to this one otherwise the
// default printer will be used
if (_printerName != "")
{
pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = String.Format("{0}", _printerName);
}
A call to pd.PrinterSettings.IsValid, always returns false.
I have been looking into the PrintingPermissions topic, however I am unable to find a proper clear sample of how to use it so that I can grant access to my code to be able to print across the network.
The printers are connected to a central print server, however specifying "\\servername\printer" doesnt seem to work either.
To complete the picture, the code which performs the printing is in its own DLL and the service references this DLL.
What changes need to be made and where to get this to work?
Any and all help is very much appreciated :D
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