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    Print using Print Methods
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    ActiveReports provides access to Print methods to enable printing of Page and Section Reports. You can access Print methods in any of the following ways:

    Viewer.Print method

    The code sample illustrates how to access the print method using the Viewer control.

    You can use the Print method of the Viewer class to print a report loaded in the Viewer control. Make sure that the report is loaded completely before Print is executed.

    Visual Basic.NET code. Add this code INSIDE the LoadCompleted event of the Viewer
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    Viewer1.Print(True, True, True)

    C# code. Add this code INSIDE the LoadCompleted event of the Viewer
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    viewer1.Print(true, true, true);

    Print methods in SectionDocument or PageDocument

    SectionDocument and PageDocument types have Print methods that can be used directly on the document object. The following code samples illustrate how to access the print methods that can be used directly on the document object.

    Note: The Print method is implemented as an extension method of the PrintExtension.Print method, which is present in the GrapeCity.ActiveReports namespace of GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Common assembly.

    In order to access Print method through SectionDocument or PageDocument class, you need to add GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Common reference to the project. Also, as mentioned in the code, make sure that you add a reference for the GrapeCity.ActiveReports namespace in your project using Imports (Visual Basic.NET) or using (C#) statement.

    Section Report

    Visual Basic.NET code. Paste at the top of the code view.
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    Imports GrapeCity.ActiveReports
    Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the Form_Load event.
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    Dim rpt = New SectionReport1()
rpt.Run(False)
Dim sectionDocument = rpt.Document
sectionDocument.Print(True, True, False)

    C# code. Paste at the top of the code view.
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    using GrapeCity.ActiveReports;
    C# code. Paste INSIDE the Form_Load event.
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    var rpt = new SectionReport1();
rpt.Run(false);
var sectionDocument = rpt.Document;
sectionDocument.Print(true, true, false);

    Page Report

    Visual Basic.NET code. Paste at the top of the code view.
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    Imports GrapeCity.ActiveReports
    Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the Form_Load event.
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    Dim file_name As String = "..\..\PageReport1.rdlx"
Dim pageReport As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(New System.IO.FileInfo(file_name))
Dim pageDocument As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(pageReport)
pageDocument.Print(True, True, False)

    C# code. Paste at the top of the code view.
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    using GrapeCity.ActiveReports;
    C# code. Paste INSIDE the Form_Load event.
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    string file_name = @"..\..\PageReport1.rdlx";
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport pageReport = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(new System.IO.FileInfo(file_name));
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument pageDocument = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(pageReport);
pageDocument.Print(true, true, false);

    Print methods in the PrintExtension class

    You can use the Print method of the PrintExtension class to print a report loaded in the Viewer control. Make sure that the report is loaded completely before print is executed. The following code samples illustrate how to access the print method of the PrintExtension class.

    Note: The Print method is implemented as an extension method of the PrintExtension.Print method, which is present in the GrapeCity.ActiveReports namespace of GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Common assembly.

    In order to access Print method through SectionDocument or PageDocument class, you need to add MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Viewer.Common reference to the project. Also, as mentioned in the code, make sure that you add a reference for the GrapeCity.ActiveReports namespace in your project using Imports (Visual Basic.NET) or using (C#) statement.

    Section Report

    Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE an event like Button_Click.
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    GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PrintExtension.Print(sectionDocument, True, True)

    C# code. Paste INSIDE an event like Button_Click.
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    GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PrintExtension.Print(sectionDocument, true, true);

    Page Report

    Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE an event like Button_Click.
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    GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PrintExtension.Print(pageDocument, True, True)

    C# code. Paste INSIDE an event like Button_Click.
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    GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PrintExtension.Print(pageDocument, true, true);
    See Also
    Page/RDLX Report
    Section Report