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Is it possible to render a report as PDF and send it straight to a pre-defined (or default) printer to print? Ideally the usual print dialog does not pop up and the report gets printed right away. This question is not about if its possible to render a report as PDF, that part I know :) I am using BIRT 4.7 |
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No, not with BIRT. But you can integrate a 3rdParty library into your application in such a way that BIRT generates a PDF file in a temporary directory and the 3rdParty library is responsible for printing it. However, this not "plug&play". The point is that you have to integrate BIRT and the PDF printing library into your application. In our commercial application we are using a On Linux, of course, printing work very differently. It's usually easy to print a PDF file, but the print quality might not be as perfect as with Windows. |
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Thanks for the info! |
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No, not with BIRT.
But you can integrate a 3rdParty library into your application in such a way that BIRT generates a PDF file in a temporary directory and the 3rdParty library is responsible for printing it.
However, this not "plug&play". The point is that you have to integrate BIRT and the PDF printing library into your application.
For example, you cannot use the WebViewer, at least not as-is.
In our commercial application we are using a
RunAndRenderTaskto create a PDF file with BIRT, then we are using a commercial library for printing on Windows.On Linux, of course, printing work very differently. It's usually easy to print a PDF file, but the print quality might not be as perfect a…