How to Print an ASP.NET Local Report RDLC without Preview or Printer Dialog

Product WebClientPrint for ASP.NET Published 03/31/2013 Updated 12/26/2017 Author Neodynamic

Overview

In this walkthrough, you'll learn how to print a Local Report (RDLC) from an ASP.NET website to the client printer without previewing the report through Visual Studio ReportViewer control. In fact, you'll be able to print the RDLC report without displaying any Printer Dialog at all! And one important thing... it works with any browser on Windows OS like IE, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera & Safari as well as on Linux & Mac OS clients!

The sample report is a Local Report RDLC designed to print a product list of the classic and famous MS Northwind Traders database. In a simple ASP.NET webpage, we provide a preview of such report (just for you to know what to expect after printing) and all the needed code in C# and VB to print the report without previewing or displaying any printer dialog by using WebClientPrint for ASP.NET solution

You can print the RDLC local report to the Default client printer as well as to any other installed printer at the client machine.

Print RDLC Local Report without Preview or Print Dialog

Requirements

Development/Server-side

WebClientPrint 6.0 for ASP.NET (or greater)
ASP.NET 4.6.1+ or ASP.NET Core 2.0+
Visual Studio 2015+
jQuery 1.4.1+

Client-side

WebClientPrint Processor 6.0 for Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi & Mac

Follow up these steps

Open Visual Studio and create a new ASP.NET Website naming it PrintRDLCReport
Add a NuGet reference to Neodynamic.SDK.WebClientPrint package to your project

Now follow up the instructions for each WebForms/CS or WebForms/VB:

ASP.NET WebForms/C#
ASP.NET WebForms/VB

Adding sample RDLC local report

The Local Report RDLC we've created for this sample is a simple product list for MS Northwind Traders database and it has an XML data source. The report looks like the following figure.

Sample RDLC report featuring Northwind Traders product list

Download and copy both MyReport.rdlc & NorthwindProducts.xml files to your website root folder

Creating HTTP Handlers

Create a new Generic Handler and name it WebClientPrintAPI and then copy/paste the following code:


public class WebClientPrintAPI : IHttpHandler {
 
    //*********************************
    // IMPORTANT NOTE 
    // In this sample we store users related stuff (like
    // the list of printers and whether they have the WCPP 
    // client utility installed) in the Application cache
    // object part of ASP.NET BUT you can change it to 
    // another different storage (like a DB or file server)!
    // which will be required in Load Balacing scenarios
    //*********************************
 
    public void ProcessRequest (HttpContext context) {
        //get session ID
        string sessionID = (context.Request["sid"] != null) ? context.Request["sid"].ToString() : null;
 
        //get Query String
        string queryString = context.Request.Url.Query;
 
        try
        {
            //Determine and get the Type of Request 
            RequestType prType = WebClientPrint.GetProcessRequestType(queryString);
 
            if (prType == RequestType.GenPrintScript ||
                prType == RequestType.GenWcppDetectScript)
            {
                //Let WebClientPrint to generate the requested script
                byte[] script = WebClientPrint.GenerateScript(context.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace(queryString, ""), queryString);
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/javascript";
                context.Response.BinaryWrite(script);
            }
            else if (prType == RequestType.ClientSetWcppVersion)
            {
                //This request is a ping from the WCPP utility
                //so store the session ID indicating this user has the WCPP installed
                //also store the WCPP Version if available
                string wcppVersion = context.Request["wcppVer"];
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(wcppVersion))
                    wcppVersion = "1.0.0.0";
 
                context.Application.Set(sessionID + "wcppInstalled", wcppVersion);
            }
            else if (prType == RequestType.ClientSetInstalledPrinters)
            {
                //WCPP Utility is sending the installed printers at client side
                //so store this info with the specified session ID
                string printers = context.Request["printers"];
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(printers) == false)
                    printers = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(printers));
 
                context.Application.Set(sessionID + "printers", printers);
 
            }
            else if (prType == RequestType.ClientSetInstalledPrintersInfo)
            {
                //WCPP Utility is sending the client installed printers with detailed info
                //so store this info with the specified session ID
                //Printers Info is in JSON format
                string printersInfo = context.Request.Form["printersInfoContent"];
 
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(printersInfo) == false)
                    printersInfo = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(printersInfo));
 
                context.Application.Set(sessionID + "printersInfo", printersInfo);
 
            }
            else if (prType == RequestType.ClientGetWcppVersion)
            {
                //return the WCPP version for the specified Session ID (sid) if any
                bool sidWcppVersion = (context.Application[sessionID + "wcppInstalled"] != null);
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
                context.Response.Write(sidWcppVersion ? context.Application[sessionID + "wcppInstalled"] : "");
 
            }
            else if (prType == RequestType.ClientGetInstalledPrinters)
            {
                //return the installed printers for the specified Session ID (sid) if any
                bool sidHasPrinters = (context.Application[sessionID + "printers"] != null);
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
                context.Response.Write(sidHasPrinters ? context.Application[sessionID + "printers"] : "");
 
            }
            else if (prType == RequestType.ClientGetInstalledPrintersInfo)
            {
                //return the installed printers with detailed info for the specified Session ID (sid) if any
                bool sidHasPrinters = (context.Application[sessionID + "printersInfo"] != null);
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
                context.Response.Write(sidHasPrinters ? context.Application[sessionID + "printersInfo"] : "");
 
            }
 
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            context.Response.StatusCode = 500;
            context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
            context.Response.Write(ex.Message + " - " + ex.StackTrace);
        }
 
 
 
    }
 
    public bool IsReusable {
        get {
            return false;
        }
    }
 
}

Create a new Generic Handler and name it PrintReportHandler and then copy/paste the following code:


<%@ WebHandler Language="C#" Class="PrintReportHandler" %>

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Data;

using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms;

using Neodynamic.SDK.Web;

public class PrintReportHandler : IHttpHandler {

    /*############### IMPORTANT!!! ############
    If your website requires AUTHENTICATION, then you MUST configure THIS Handler file
    to be ANONYMOUS access allowed!!!
      ######################################### */

    public void ProcessRequest (HttpContext context) {

        if (WebClientPrint.ProcessPrintJob(context.Request.Url.Query))
        {
            //Get User selected printer options
            bool useDefaultPrinter = (context.Request["useDefaultPrinter"] == "checked");
            string printerName = context.Server.UrlDecode(context.Request["printerName"]);

            //load RDLC report
            using (LocalReport myReport = new LocalReport())
            {
                myReport.ReportPath = "MyReport.rdlc";
                DataSet ds = new DataSet();
                ds.ReadXml(context.Server.MapPath("~/NorthwindProducts.xml"));
                myReport.DataSources.Add(new ReportDataSource("Products", ds.Tables[0]));

                //Export to PNG images per report page
                string deviceInfo =
                    "<DeviceInfo>" +
                "<OutputFormat>PNG</OutputFormat>" +
                "<PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth>" +
                "<PageHeight>11in</PageHeight>" +
                "<MarginTop>0.25in</MarginTop>" +
                "<MarginLeft>0.25in</MarginLeft>" +
                "<MarginRight>0.25in</MarginRight>" +
                "<MarginBottom>0.25in</MarginBottom>" +
                "</DeviceInfo>";

                Warning[] ws;

                reportPagesBuffer = new List<MemoryStream>();
                myReport.Render("Image", deviceInfo, CreateStream, out ws);

                //Create ClientPrintJob
                ClientPrintJob cpj = new ClientPrintJob();
                if (useDefaultPrinter || printerName == "null")
                    cpj.ClientPrinter = new DefaultPrinter();
                else
                    cpj.ClientPrinter = new InstalledPrinter(printerName);


                for (int i = 0; i < reportPagesBuffer.Count; i++)
                {
                    reportPagesBuffer[i].Position = 0;

                    cpj.PrintFileGroup.Add(new PrintFile(reportPagesBuffer[i].ToArray(), "ReportPage" + i.ToString().PadLeft(3, '0') + ".png"));
                }

                context.Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
                context.Response.BinaryWrite(cpj.GetContent());
                context.Response.End();
            }

        }

    }

    private List<MemoryStream> reportPagesBuffer; //Report Pages Buffer

    private Stream CreateStream(string name, string fileNameExtension, Encoding encoding, string mimeType, bool willSeek)
    {
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
        reportPagesBuffer.Add(stream);
        return stream;
    }

    public bool IsReusable {
        get {
            return false;
        }
    }

}

Creating/Editing WebForm Pages

Be sure ALL *.aspx link to jQuery 1.4.1+ file!

The default page is for detecting whether the client machine has the WebClientPrint Processor (WCPP) Utility installed. Edit the Default.aspx file and copy/paste the following code inside the BODY:



<div id="msgInProgress">
    <div id="mySpinner" style="width:32px;height:32px"></div>
    <br />
    <h3>Detecting WCPP utility at client side...</h3>
    <h3>Please wait a few seconds...</h3>
    <br />
</div>
<div id="msgInstallWCPP" style="display:none;">
    <h3>#1 Install WebClientPrint Processor (WCPP)!</h3>
    <p>
        <strong>WCPP is a native app (without any dependencies!)</strong> that handles all print jobs
        generated by the <strong>WebClientPrint for ASP.NET component</strong> at the server side. The WCPP
        is in charge of the whole printing process and can be
        installed on <strong>Windows, Linux, Mac & Raspberry Pi!</strong>
    </p>
    <p>
        <a href="//www.neodynamic.com/downloads/wcpp/" target="_blank" >Download and Install WCPP from Neodynamic website</a><br />
    </p>
    <h3>#2 After installing WCPP...</h3>
    <p>
        <a href="PrintReport.aspx" >You can go and test the printing page...</a>
    </p>

</div>

    
<script type="text/javascript">

    var wcppPingTimeout_ms = 60000; //60 sec
    var wcppPingTimeoutStep_ms = 500; //0.5 sec
                     
    function wcppDetectOnSuccess(){
        // WCPP utility is installed at the client side
        // redirect to WebClientPrint sample page
                
        // get WCPP version
        var wcppVer = arguments[0];
        if(wcppVer.substring(0, 1) == "6")
            window.location.href = 'PrintReport.aspx';
        else //force to install WCPP v6.0
            wcppDetectOnFailure();
    }

    function wcppDetectOnFailure() {
        // It seems WCPP is not installed at the client side
        // ask the user to install it
        $('#msgInProgress').hide();
        $('#msgInstallWCPP').show();
    }

</script>


<%-- WCPP detection script code --%>

<%=Neodynamic.SDK.Web.WebClientPrint.CreateWcppDetectionScript(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host + ":" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Port + "/WebClientPrintAPI.ashx", HttpContext.Current.Session.SessionID)%>

Add a new page and name it PrintReport.aspx. Copy/paste the following code inside the BODY:


<form id="form1" runat="server">


    <label class="checkbox">
        <input type="checkbox" id="useDefaultPrinter" />
        <strong>Print to Default printer</strong> or...
    </label>
    <br /><br />
    <div id="loadPrinters">
        Click to load and select one of the installed printers!
        <br />
        <input type="button" onclick="javascript: jsWebClientPrint.getPrinters();" value="Load installed printers..." />
        <br />
        <br />
    </div>
    <div id="installedPrinters" style="visibility: hidden">
        <label for="installedPrinterName">Select an installed Printer:</label>
        <select name="installedPrinterName" id="installedPrinterName"></select>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        //var wcppGetPrintersDelay_ms = 0;
        var wcppGetPrintersTimeout_ms = 60000; //60 sec
        var wcppGetPrintersTimeoutStep_ms = 500; //0.5 sec
        function wcpGetPrintersOnSuccess() {
            // Display client installed printers
            if (arguments[0].length > 0) {
                var p = arguments[0].split("|");
                var options = '';
                for (var i = 0; i < p.length; i++) {
                    options += '<option>' + p[i] + '</option>';
                }
                $('#installedPrinters').css('visibility', 'visible');
                $('#installedPrinterName').html(options);
                $('#installedPrinterName').focus();
                $('#loadPrinters').hide();
            } else {
                alert("No printers are installed in your system.");
            }
        }
        function wcpGetPrintersOnFailure() {
            // Do something if printers cannot be got from the client
            alert("No printers are installed in your system.");
        }
    </script>

    <br />
    <input type="button" onclick="javascript:jsWebClientPrint.print('useDefaultPrinter=' + $('#useDefaultPrinter').attr('checked') + '&printerName=' + $('#installedPrinterName').val())" value="Print RDLC Report..." />
</form>

<%-- Add Reference to jQuery at Google CDN --%>
<script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-2.2.0.min.js"></script>

<%-- Register the WebClientPrint script code --%>
<%=Neodynamic.SDK.Web.WebClientPrint.CreateScript(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host + ":" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Port + "/WebClientPrintAPI.ashx", HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host + ":" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Port + "/PrintReportHandler.ashx", HttpContext.Current.Session.SessionID)%>

Adding sample RDLC local report

The Local Report RDLC we've created for this sample is a simple product list for MS Northwind Traders database and it has an XML data source. The report looks like the following figure.

Sample RDLC report featuring Northwind Traders product list

Download and copy both MyReport.rdlc & NorthwindProducts.xml files to your website root folder

Creating HTTP Handlers

Create a new Generic Handler and name it WebClientPrintAPI and then copy/paste the following code:


<%@ WebHandler Language="VB" Class="WebClientPrintAPI" %>
 
Imports System
Imports System.Web
 
Imports Neodynamic.SDK.Web
 
 
Public Class WebClientPrintAPI : Implements IHttpHandler
 
    '*********************************
    ' IMPORTANT NOTE 
    ' In this sample we store users related stuff (like
    ' the list of printers and whether they have the WCPP 
    ' client utility installed) in the Application cache
    ' object part of ASP.NET BUT you can change it to 
    ' another different storage (like a DB or file server)!
    ' which will be required in Load Balacing scenarios
    '*********************************
 
    Public Sub ProcessRequest(ByVal context As HttpContext) Implements IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest
        'get session ID
        Dim sessionID As String = ""
        If (context.Request("sid") IsNot Nothing) Then
            sessionID = context.Request("sid")
        End If
 
        'get Query String
        Dim queryString As String = context.Request.Url.Query
 
        Try
            'Determine and get the Type of Request 
            Dim prType As RequestType = WebClientPrint.GetProcessRequestType(queryString)
 
            If prType = RequestType.GenPrintScript OrElse prType = RequestType.GenWcppDetectScript Then
                'Let WebClientPrint to generate the requested script
                Dim script As Byte() = WebClientPrint.GenerateScript(context.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace(queryString, ""), queryString)
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/javascript"
                context.Response.BinaryWrite(script)
            ElseIf prType = RequestType.ClientSetWcppVersion Then
                'This request is a ping from the WCPP utility
                'so store the session ID indicating this user has the WCPP installed
                'also store the WCPP Version if available
                Dim wcppVersion As String = context.Request("wcppVer")
                If String.IsNullOrEmpty(wcppVersion) Then
                    wcppVersion = "1.0.0.0"
                End If
 
                context.Application.Set(sessionID & "wcppInstalled", wcppVersion)
            ElseIf prType = RequestType.ClientSetInstalledPrinters Then
                'WCPP Utility is sending the installed printers at client side
                'so store this info with the specified session ID
                Dim printers As String = context.Request("printers")
                If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(printers) Then
                    printers = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(printers))
                End If
 
                context.Application.Set(sessionID & "printers", printers)
 
            ElseIf prType = RequestType.ClientSetInstalledPrintersInfo Then
                'WCPP Utility is sending the installed printers at client side
                'so store this info with the specified session ID
                'Printers Info is in JSON format
                Dim printersInfo As String = context.Request.Form("printersInfoContent")
                If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(printersInfo) Then
                    printersInfo = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(printersInfo))
                End If
 
                context.Application.Set(sessionID & "printersInfo", printersInfo)
 
            ElseIf prType = RequestType.ClientGetWcppVersion Then
                'return the WCPP version for the specified Session ID (sid) if any
                Dim sidWcppVersion As Boolean = (context.Application(sessionID & "wcppInstalled") IsNot Nothing)
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain"
                If (sidWcppVersion) Then
                    context.Response.Write(context.Application(sessionID & "wcppInstalled").ToString())
                End If
 
            ElseIf prType = RequestType.ClientGetInstalledPrinters Then
                'return the installed printers for the specified Session ID (sid) if any
                Dim sidHasPrinters As Boolean = (context.Application(sessionID & "printers") IsNot Nothing)
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain"
 
                If (sidHasPrinters) Then
                    context.Response.Write(context.Application(sessionID & "printers").ToString())
                End If
 
            ElseIf prType = RequestType.ClientGetInstalledPrintersInfo Then
                'return the installed printers with detailed info for the specified Session ID (sid) if any
                Dim sidHasPrinters As Boolean = (context.Application(sessionID & "printersInfo") IsNot Nothing)
 
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain"
 
                If (sidHasPrinters) Then
                    context.Response.Write(context.Application(sessionID & "printersInfo").ToString())
                End If
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            context.Response.StatusCode = 500
            context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain"
            context.Response.Write(ex.Message + " - " + ex.StackTrace)
        End Try
 
 
 
    End Sub
 
 
    Public ReadOnly Property IsReusable() As Boolean Implements IHttpHandler.IsReusable
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property
 
End Class

Create a new Generic Handler and name it PrintReportHandler and then copy/paste the following code:


<%@ WebHandler Language="VB" Class="PrintReportHandler" %>

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Data

Imports Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms

Imports Neodynamic.SDK.Web

Public Class PrintReportHandler : Implements IHttpHandler


    '############### IMPORTANT!!! ############
    ' If your website requires AUTHENTICATION, then you MUST configure THIS Handler file
    ' to be ANONYMOUS access allowed!!!
    '######################################### 


    Public Sub ProcessRequest(ByVal context As HttpContext) Implements IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest

        If WebClientPrint.ProcessPrintJob(context.Request.Url.Query) Then
            
            'Get User selected printer options
            Dim useDefaultPrinter As Boolean = (Request("useDefaultPrinter") = "checked")
            Dim printerName As String = Server.UrlDecode(Request("printerName"))

            'load RDLC report
            Using myReport As New LocalReport
            
                myReport.ReportPath = "MyReport.rdlc"
                Dim ds As New DataSet()
                ds.ReadXml(context.Server.MapPath("~/NorthwindProducts.xml"))
                myReport.DataSources.Add(new ReportDataSource("Products", ds.Tables(0)))

                'Export to PNG images per report page
                Dim deviceInfo As String = "<DeviceInfo>" & _
                "<OutputFormat>PNG</OutputFormat>" & _
                "<PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth>" & _
                "<PageHeight>11in</PageHeight>" & _
                "<MarginTop>0.25in</MarginTop>" & _
                "<MarginLeft>0.25in</MarginLeft>" & _
                "<MarginRight>0.25in</MarginRight>" & _
                "<MarginBottom>0.25in</MarginBottom>" & _
                "</DeviceInfo>"

                reportPagesBuffer = New List(Of MemoryStream);
                Dim warnings() As Warning = Nothing 
                myreport.Render("Image", deviceInfo, AddressOf CreateStream, warnings) 

                'Create ClientPrintJob
                Dim cpj As New ClientPrintJob()
                'set client printer...
                If (useDefaultPrinter OrElse printerName = "null") Then
                    cpj.ClientPrinter = New DefaultPrinter()
                Else
                    cpj.ClientPrinter = New InstalledPrinter(printerName)
                End If


                For i As Interger = 0 To reportPagesBuffer.Count - 1
                    reportPagesBuffer(i).Position = 0

                    cpj.PrintFileGroup.Add(New PrintFile(reportPagesBuffer(i).ToArray(), "ReportPage" + i.ToString().PadLeft(3, "0"c) + ".png"))
                Next

                context.Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
                context.Response.BinaryWrite(cpj.GetContent())
                context.Response.End()
            
            End Using
            
        End If

    End Sub

    Dim reportPagesBuffer As New List(Of MemoryStream) 'Report Pages Buffer

    Private Function CreateStream(ByVal name As String, _ 
                                  ByVal fileNameExtension As String, _ 
                                  ByVal encoding As Encoding, _ 
                                  ByVal mimeType As String, _ 
                                  ByVal willSeek As Boolean) As Stream 

        Dim stream As new MemoryStream()
        reportPagesBuffer.Add(stream) 
        Return stream 

    End Function 


    Public ReadOnly Property IsReusable() As Boolean Implements IHttpHandler.IsReusable
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property

End Class

Creating/Editing WebForm Pages

Be sure ALL *.aspx link to jQuery 1.4.1+ file!



<div id="msgInProgress">
    <div id="mySpinner" style="width:32px;height:32px"></div>
    <br />
    <h3>Detecting WCPP utility at client side...</h3>
    <h3>Please wait a few seconds...</h3>
    <br />
</div>
<div id="msgInstallWCPP" style="display:none;">
    <h3>#1 Install WebClientPrint Processor (WCPP)!</h3>
    <p>
        <strong>WCPP is a native app (without any dependencies!)</strong> that handles all print jobs
        generated by the <strong>WebClientPrint for ASP.NET component</strong> at the server side. The WCPP
        is in charge of the whole printing process and can be
        installed on <strong>Windows, Linux, Mac & Raspberry Pi!</strong>
    </p>
    <p>
        <a href="//www.neodynamic.com/downloads/wcpp/" target="_blank" >Download and Install WCPP from Neodynamic website</a><br />
    </p>
    <h3>#2 After installing WCPP...</h3>
    <p>
        <a href="PrintReport.aspx" >You can go and test the printing page...</a>
    </p>

</div>

    
<script type="text/javascript">

    var wcppPingTimeout_ms = 60000; //60 sec
    var wcppPingTimeoutStep_ms = 500; //0.5 sec
                     
    function wcppDetectOnSuccess(){
        // WCPP utility is installed at the client side
        // redirect to WebClientPrint sample page
                
        // get WCPP version
        var wcppVer = arguments[0];
        if(wcppVer.substring(0, 1) == "6")
            window.location.href = 'PrintReport.aspx';
        else //force to install WCPP v6.0
            wcppDetectOnFailure();
    }

    function wcppDetectOnFailure() {
        // It seems WCPP is not installed at the client side
        // ask the user to install it
        $('#msgInProgress').hide();
        $('#msgInstallWCPP').show();
    }

</script>


<%-- WCPP detection script code --%>

<%=Neodynamic.SDK.Web.WebClientPrint.CreateWcppDetectionScript(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host + ":" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Port + "/WebClientPrintAPI.ashx", HttpContext.Current.Session.SessionID)%>

Add a new page and name it PrintReport.aspx. Copy/paste the following code inside the BODY:


<form id="form1" runat="server">


    <label class="checkbox">
        <input type="checkbox" id="useDefaultPrinter" />
        <strong>Print to Default printer</strong> or...
    </label>
    <br /><br />
    <div id="loadPrinters">
        Click to load and select one of the installed printers!
        <br />
        <input type="button" onclick="javascript: jsWebClientPrint.getPrinters();" value="Load installed printers..." />
        <br />
        <br />
    </div>
    <div id="installedPrinters" style="visibility: hidden">
        <label for="installedPrinterName">Select an installed Printer:</label>
        <select name="installedPrinterName" id="installedPrinterName"></select>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var wcppGetPrintersTimeout_ms = 60000; //60 sec
        var wcppGetPrintersTimeoutStep_ms = 500; //0.5 sec
        function wcpGetPrintersOnSuccess() {
            // Display client installed printers
            if (arguments[0].length > 0) {
                var p = arguments[0].split("|");
                var options = '';
                for (var i = 0; i < p.length; i++) {
                    options += '<option>' + p[i] + '</option>';
                }
                $('#installedPrinters').css('visibility', 'visible');
                $('#installedPrinterName').html(options);
                $('#installedPrinterName').focus();
                $('#loadPrinters').hide();
            } else {
                alert("No printers are installed in your system.");
            }
        }
        function wcpGetPrintersOnFailure() {
            // Do something if printers cannot be got from the client
            alert("No printers are installed in your system.");
        }
    </script>

    <br />
    <input type="button" onclick="javascript:jsWebClientPrint.print('useDefaultPrinter=' + $('#useDefaultPrinter').attr('checked') + '&printerName=' + $('#installedPrinterName').val())" value="Print RDLC Report..." />
</form>

<%-- Add Reference to jQuery at Google CDN --%>
<script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-2.2.0.min.js"></script>

<%-- Register the WebClientPrint script code --%>
<%=Neodynamic.SDK.Web.WebClientPrint.CreateScript(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host + ":" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Port + "/WebClientPrintAPI.ashx", HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host + ":" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Port + "/PrintReportHandler.ashx", HttpContext.Current.Session.SessionID)%>

That's it! Run your website and test it. Click on "Print RDL Report" to print the RDLC report without preview. You can print it to the Default client printer or you can get a list of the installed printers available at the client machine.

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How to Print an ASP.NET Local Report RDLC without Preview or Printer Dialog

Overview

Requirements

Development/Server-side

Client-side

Follow up these steps

Adding sample RDLC local report

Creating HTTP Handlers

Creating/Editing WebForm Pages

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Adding sample RDLC local report

Creating HTTP Handlers

Creating/Editing WebForm Pages

Be sure ALL *.aspx link to jQuery 1.4.1+ file!

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How to Print an ASP.NET Local Report RDLC without Preview or Printer Dialog

Overview

Requirements

Development/Server-side

Client-side

Follow up these steps

Adding sample RDLC local report

Creating HTTP Handlers

Creating/Editing WebForm Pages

Be sure ALL *.aspx link to jQuery 1.4.1+ file!

Adding sample RDLC local report

Creating HTTP Handlers

Creating/Editing WebForm Pages

Be sure ALL *.aspx link to jQuery 1.4.1+ file!

Useful? Share it!

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Convert, Preview & Render ZPL to Image & PDF

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Convert, Preview & Render EPL to Image & PDF

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ZPL Printer Emulator SDK
Convert, Preview & Render ZPL to Image & PDF

EPL Printer Emulator SDK
Convert, Preview & Render EPL to Image & PDF

Virtual ZPL Printer Driver
Convert, Print, Preview & Render ZPL