PrintHelper.ShowPrintPreviewDialog(Window, IReport) Method

Creates a document from the specified report, and shows it modally in the Document Preview dialog.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Printing

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Printing.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Printing, DevExpress.Wpf.Printing

Declaration

C#

public static void ShowPrintPreviewDialog(
    Window owner,
    IReport report
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub ShowPrintPreviewDialog(
    owner As Window,
    report As IReport
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
owner	Window	A Window object, which is the owner of the dialog.
report	IReport	An object implementing the IReport interface, which represents the report to preview.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-create-a-scheduler-report-and-show-it-in-the-print-preview-dialog-e3964/CS/SchedulerPrintPreviewSample/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L49

    configurator.Configure(printingSettings);
    PrintHelper.ShowPrintPreviewDialog(this, printingSettings.ReportInstance);
}

Reporting_how-to-embed-a-wpf-control-into-a-report-as-an-image-t439912/CS/T439912/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L13

    report.xrPictureBox1.Image = this.CreateBitmap();
    PrintHelper.ShowPrintPreviewDialog(this, report);
}

VB.NET

how-to-create-a-scheduler-report-and-show-it-in-the-print-preview-dialog-e3964/VB/SchedulerPrintPreviewSample/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L47

    configurator.Configure(printingSettings)
    PrintHelper.ShowPrintPreviewDialog(Me, printingSettings.ReportInstance)
End Sub

Reporting_how-to-embed-a-wpf-control-into-a-report-as-an-image-t439912/VB/T439912/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L15

    report.xrPictureBox1.Image = Me.CreateBitmap()
    PrintHelper.ShowPrintPreviewDialog(Me, report)
End Sub