How to print a pdf file?

[ywchan]

I want to automate the action of print a pdf file in a C# Application
How can I do this?
Thanks

 

[Anthony Fine]

ywchan,

Add a Crystal Report to your project, set all of the properties as needed so
your report looks the way you want it. Then, add the following code:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportClass x = new
CrystalReport1();
x.ExportToDisk(CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat,
@"C:\MyPDF.pdf");
}

Try this link for additional help...

http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/rtm_designerandwinformsviewer.pdf

Anthony

 

[Thomas Chan]

Oh... I think you have misunderstood what I mean.
Actually, I only need to automate the process of printing a pdf file and
it is not generated from crystal report. They are just some simple pdf
documents.

Thanks

 

[Henke]

If you have Acrobat Reader installed you can do something like this

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.Arguments = @"/p /h c:\yourfile.pdf";
startInfo.FileName = @"C:\Program\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe";
startInfo.UseShellExecute = true;

System.Diagnostics.Process process = Process.Start(startInfo);
process.WaitForExit();

/Henke

 

[Yasutaka Ito]

Try invoking the action verb "print" against the PDF document using
ShellExecuteEx API, or something equivalent in .NET.

thanks!
-Yasutaka