PrintTool.PrintDialog() Method

Runs the Print dialog to select a printer, specify the print options (number of copies, page range, and paper source) and print the document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPrinting.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool? PrintDialog()

VB.NET

Public Function PrintDialog As Boolean?

Returns

Type	Description
Nullable<Boolean>	true if the user clicks OK in the dialog box; false if the user clicks Cancel; otherwise null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

The following image illustrates the Print dialog that is invoked by this method and replaces the standard PrintDialog.

If a document has not been created prior to calling the PrintDialog method, the PrintDialog internally calls the Link.CreateDocument method.

To obtain the document after it is generated, use the PrintingSystemBase.Document property of the PrintToolBase.PrintingSystem.

Note

Changing page settings in the Print Dialog does not recreate the current document and affects only the printing result.

Example

To make the PrintTool.PrintDialog method invoke the standard system Print dialog, add the following code to the application’s Program.cs unit (Program.vb in Visual Basic).

This will replace the DefaultPrintDialogRunner, returned by the PrintDialogRunner.Instance property, with a SystemPrintDialogRunner.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Preview;
// ...

static void Main(string[] args) {
    PrintDialogRunner.Instance = new SystemPrintDialogRunner();
    // ...
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Preview
' ...

Partial Friend Class MyApplication
    <Global.System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()>  _
    Public Sub New()
        ' ...
        PrintDialogRunner.Instance = New SystemPrintDialogRunner()
    End Sub
' ...
End Class

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the PrintDialog() method.

Note

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C#

Reporting_how-to-print-a-report-e138/CS/PrintReport/Form1.cs#L16

// Invoke the Print dialog.
pt.PrintDialog();

Reporting_how-to-dynamically-select-the-paper-source-and-set-the-printer-resolution-e332/CS/SelectPaperSource/Form1.cs#L18

        new PrintDocumentEventHandler(printingSystem_StartPrint);
    pt.PrintDialog();
}

Reporting_how-to-print-multiple-reports-as-a-single-batch-e1765/CS/BatchPrinting/Form1.cs#L28

if(pt1.PrintDialog() == true) {
    foreach(XtraReport report in reports) {

Reporting_documentpreviewcontrol-how-to-override-the-print-and-printdirect-quick-print-e4631/CS/MinimalisticReportPreviewDemo/MyDocumentPreviewControl.cs#L15

    pt.PrintingSystem.PrintProgress += new PrintProgressEventHandler(PrintingSystem_PrintProgress);
    pt.PrintDialog();
}

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-print-a-report-e138/VB/PrintReport/Form1.vb#L18

' Invoke the Print dialog.
pt.PrintDialog()

Reporting_how-to-dynamically-select-the-paper-source-and-set-the-printer-resolution-e332/VB/SelectPaperSource/Form1.vb#L19

    AddHandler pt.PrintingSystem.StartPrint, AddressOf printingSystem_StartPrint
    pt.PrintDialog()
End Sub

Reporting_how-to-print-multiple-reports-as-a-single-batch-e1765/VB/BatchPrinting/Form1.vb#L33

If pt1.PrintDialog() = True Then
    For Each report As XtraReport In reports

Reporting_documentpreviewcontrol-how-to-override-the-print-and-printdirect-quick-print-e4631/VB/MinimalisticReportPreviewDemo/MyDocumentPreviewControl.vb#L17

    AddHandler pt.PrintingSystem.PrintProgress, AddressOf PrintingSystem_PrintProgress
    pt.PrintDialog()
End Sub