Print without the print dialog box

Hi,

Is there anyway to print from VB.NET or C# and bypass the printer dialog
box?

Thanks
Mike

Nov 21 '05 #1

20967

Hi Mike,
If you want to print without user interaction, then according to this KB
article, it is not possible:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;820644

However, just came across a nice workaround suggested on the net, worth
trying :
Follow this thread :
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...3DN%26tab%3Dwg

HTH,
Anushi
"Mike" <mi**@here.co m> wrote in message
news:eo******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. .

Hi,

Is there anyway to print from VB.NET or C# and bypass the printer dialog
box?

Thanks
Mike

Nov 21 '05 #2

Ron Allen

Mike,
You can just create a new PrinterSettings object in code which will have
the default settings in it and use that for your PrintDocument's
PrinterSettings . If you mean the printing progress dialog just set the
PrintController of your PrintDocument to an instance of
StandardPrintCo ntroller as the default is a PrintController WithStatusDialo g
which will show the progress.

Ron Allen
"Mike" <mi**@here.co m> wrote in message
news:eo******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. .

Hi,

Is there anyway to print from VB.NET or C# and bypass the printer dialog
box?

Thanks
Mike

Nov 21 '05 #3

Mike

Ron,

I was meaning the initial select your printer dialog box, Anushi has come up
with a page to a work around. How's about this then... Is it possible to
change the machine to not show the printer dialog, this is because we have a
process running on a machine that will create PDF documents using the Adobe
PDF driver and we really want the application to work without user
intervention, is that possible though some registry hack or something?

Regards
Mike

"Ron Allen" <rallen@_nospam _src-us.com> wrote in message
news:uP******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Mike,
You can just create a new PrinterSettings object in code which will have the default settings in it and use that for your PrintDocument's
PrinterSettings . If you mean the printing progress dialog just set the
PrintController of your PrintDocument to an instance of
StandardPrintCo ntroller as the default is a PrintController WithStatusDialo g which will show the progress.

Ron Allen
"Mike" <mi**@here.co m> wrote in message
news:eo******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP11.phx.gbl.. .
Hi,

Is there anyway to print from VB.NET or C# and bypass the printer dialog
box?

Thanks
Mike

Nov 21 '05 #4

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