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Shafique
Shafique

Reputation: 1826

Print RDLC file without showing print preview from Form button click

I've got a C#4.0 WinForm with a button click for Printing. In the Form Load event, I populate a custom object and stick that object into a list of that object. The object maps directly to the RDLC as a datasource and if I use the Report Viewer, I can see my RDLC file populated correctly. I found a link at MSDN to do this (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252091.aspx), but it blows up on the Export method.

Does anyone know of any good examples of how to print an RDLC file without using ReportViewer to preview the file? I just want to hit a button and have my List bind to the RDLC file (which I've already got working) and print directly to the printer.

any ideas?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7962

Answers (1)

Shafique
Shafique

Reputation: 1826

Okay, so the link at Walkthrough: Printing a Local Report without Preview does actually work perfectly for my need to print a RDLC file without popping up the Print dialogue box. The mistake I made was naming my ReportDataSource. As in the example, MSDN names its ReportDataSource as "Sales" which matches the name of the DataSet in the RDLC XML codebehind. I had made the mistake of naming my ReportDataSource "Sale" which was causing the two not to be in sync and not print.

Problem solved!

Upvotes: 2

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