Print html document from Windows Service without print dialog
I am using a windows service and i want to print a .html page when the service will start. I am using this code and it's printing well. But a print dialog box come, how do i print without the print dialog box?
public void printdoc(string document)
{
Process printjob = new Process();
printjob.StartInfo.FileName = document;
printjob.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
printjob.StartInfo.Verb = "print";
printjob.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
printjob.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
printjob.Start();
}
Have there any other way to print this without showing the print dialog box.
Update: in response to this:
But i have already used this class but when i am calling the
axW.ExecWB(SHDocVw.OLECMDID.OLECMDID_PRINT,SHDocVw.OLECMDEXECOPT.OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER , ref em, ref em);
My program getting block here when i am using from window service but it is working fine from windows application.
First off, here's the code:
using System.Reflection;
using System.Threading;
using SHDocVw;
namespace HTMLPrinting
{
public class HTMLPrinter
{
private bool documentLoaded;
private bool documentPrinted;
private void ie_DocumentComplete(object pDisp, ref object URL)
{
documentLoaded = true;
}
private void ie_PrintTemplateTeardown(object pDisp)
{
documentPrinted = true;
}
public void Print(string htmlFilename)
{
documentLoaded = false;
documentPrinted = false;
InternetExplorer ie = new InternetExplorerClass();
ie.DocumentComplete += new DWebBrowserEvents2_DocumentCompleteEventHandler(ie_DocumentComplete);
ie.PrintTemplateTeardown += new DWebBrowserEvents2_PrintTemplateTeardownEventHandler(ie_PrintTemplateTeardown);
object missing = Missing.Value;
ie.Navigate(htmlFilename, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
while (!documentLoaded && ie.QueryStatusWB(OLECMDID.OLECMDID_PRINT) != OLECMDF.OLECMDF_ENABLED)
Thread.Sleep(100);
ie.ExecWB(OLECMDID.OLECMDID_PRINT, OLECMDEXECOPT.OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER, ref missing, ref missing);
while (!documentPrinted)
Thread.Sleep(100);
ie.DocumentComplete -= ie_DocumentComplete;
ie.PrintTemplateTeardown -= ie_PrintTemplateTeardown;
ie.Quit();
}
}
}
- You can access the SHDocVw namespace by adding a reference to 'Microsoft Internet Controls', found on the COM tab of the Add Reference dialog.
- More information on the InternetExplorer object can be found on MSDN.
- The Navigate() method will load the HTML file. The other parameters allow you to specify optional parameters, such as flags and headers.
- We can't print until the document is loaded. Here, I enter a loop waiting until the DocumentComplete event is called, upon which a flag is set notifying us that navigation has completed. Note that DocumentComplete is called whenever navigation is finished - upon success or failure.
- Once the documentLoaded flag is set, the printing status is queried via QueryStatusWB() until printing is enabled.
- Printing is started with the ExecWB() call. The
OLECMDID_PRINT
command is specified, along with the optionOLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER
to automatically print without user interaction. An important note is that this will print to the default printer. To specify a printer, you will have to set the default printer (in code, you could call SetDefaultPrinter()). The two final parameters allow optional input and output parameters. - We don't want to quit until printing is complete, so once again a loop is entered. After the PrintTemplateTeardown event is fired, the documentPrinted flag is set. The objects can then be cleaned up.
From this site http://www.ussbd.com/printhtm.html
using HtmlPrinter;
hpObj=new HtmlPrinter.HtmlPrinter();
hpObj.PrintUrlFromMemory(txtUrl.Text);
Now you add the code in your project to print html page from its source text:
HtmlPrinter.HtmlPrinter hpObj=new HtmlPrinter.HtmlPrinter();
hpObj.PrintHtml(txtString.Text, true);
If you want to print without the print dialog then use the following line:
hpObj.PrintHtml(txtString.Text, false);
Here's another way to print without a print dialog. You create a PrintDialog object, initialize it and then call the Print() method.
The function below is used to print a small 2"x0.75" barcode label. You'll need to figure out a way to get an Document
object from the html file.
public void PrintToPrinter(string printerName)
{
PrintDialog pd = new PrintDialog();
pd.Document = userControl11.PrintDoc; // <--- Update this line with your doc
pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = printerName;
try
{
pd.Document.DocumentName = "My Label";
pd.Document.DefaultPageSettings.PaperSize = new System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSize("2-.75", 200, 75);
pd.Document.DefaultPageSettings.Margins = new System.Drawing.Printing.Margins(0, 0, 0, 0);
//pd.PrinterSettings.Copies = (short)mNumCopies;
pd.Document.PrinterSettings.Copies = (short) mNumCopies;
pd.Document.Print();
}
catch
{
MessageBox.Show("INVALID PRINTER SPECIFIED");
}
}