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Valentina Reports to Printer

The Valentina Reports engine can print generated reports directly to a printer using methods included in Valentina Reports.

There are several ways to print:

  • 1.1 LOCAL application to a LOCAL printer
  • 2.1 CLIENT application to a LOCAL printer
  • 2.2 CLIENT application to a SERVER printer

Usual printing as it is done in the majority of other applications can be performed using PrintToLocalPrinter() method. It creates a printing job for the printer, which is installed in the system, where user application is running.

Dim theReport As VReport = theProject.MakeNewReport
 
theReport = theProject.MakeNewReport( 
               "report_1", 
               "mysql://host=127.0.0.1,dbname=db1,user=root,password=root", 
               "SELECT fldName, fldPhone FROM tblPerson" )
 
theReport.PrintToLocalPrinter( "LBP3000", "paper=A4" );

The list of installed printers can be found using LocalPrinters() method.

Dim printers As VStringArray = theReport.LocalPrinters()

Requirements

  • LOCAL App contains VREPORT DLL, which do printing.
  • CLIENT App on Mac and Linux can have only VCLIENT+VSHARED DLLs and get printing! On Windows you still must include VREPORT + VKERNEL DLLs to be able do printing.

Printing a report, stored on a Valentina Server, gives even more options. In addition to printing to locally installed printer, it is possible to create a print job for a printer attached to a computer where Valentina Server is working, using PrintToServerPrinter() method.

Dim theReport As VReport = theProject.MakeNewReport
 
theReport = theProject.MakeNewReport( 
               "report_1", 
               "mysql://host=127.0.0.1,dbname=db1,user=root,password=root", 
               "SELECT fldName, fldPhone FROM tblPerson" )
 
theReport.PrintToServerPrinter( "LBP3000", "paper=A4" );

The list of printers installed on the server can be found using ServerPrinters property.

Dim printers As VStringArray = theReport.ServerPrinters()

Both PrintToLocalPrinter() and PrintToServerPrinter() allow to specify options to tune printer output.