PdfExportOptions.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Print dialog should be displayed when a PDF file is opened in an appropriate application.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public bool ShowPrintDialogOnOpen { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(False)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Property ShowPrintDialogOnOpen As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	**false**	true, to show the Print dialog on open; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to ShowPrintDialogOnOpen
Cross-Platform Class Library	ExportOptions	.Pdf.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen
WinForms Controls	DiagramOptionsExport	.PdfExportOptions.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen
WPF Controls	DiagramControl	.PdfExportOptions.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen
	DiagramDesignerControl	.PdfExportOptions.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen
	ExportOptionsContainer	.Pdf.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen

Remarks

Set the ShowPrintDialogOnOpen property to true when the main purpose of exporting a document to PDF is to print it using Adobe Acrobat® printing capabilities.

The Print dialog is shown in the image below.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the ShowPrintDialogOnOpen property.

Note

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C#

Reporting_how-to-save-print-a-selected-page-of-a-report-in-a-web-application-t113072/CS/WebApplication1/ExportReport.aspx.cs#L19

PdfExportOptions opts = new PdfExportOptions();
opts.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen = false;//<= Set to true to open print dialog by default
opts.PageRange = (Convert.ToInt32(this.Request["ExportPage"])+1).ToString();

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-save-print-a-selected-page-of-a-report-in-a-web-application-t113072/VB/WebApplication1/ExportReport.aspx.vb#L21

Dim opts As New PdfExportOptions()
opts.ShowPrintDialogOnOpen = False '<= Set to true to open print dialog by default
opts.PageRange = (Convert.ToInt32(Me.Request("ExportPage"))+1).ToString()