How to print RadWindow

[Bichitra]

Hi,
I want to print the active Radwindow,
Is there any solution how to print the active radwindow and its content in silverlight application.
I want to give print button facility so that i can print the active window.

Is it possible?

Thanks
Bichitra

[Hristo Borisov]

Hi Bichitra,

I understand that printing a RadWindow will significantly enhance the user experience, but unfortunately Silverlight 2.0 doesn't support printing from the browser. Currently, I am really sorry that we cannot provide you with such a feature. If you have any further questions or comments feel free to share them with us.

All the best,
Hristo Borisov
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[Bob Evans]

Does the latest build support printing a Silverlight RadWindow? If not is there a work around possible?

Thanks,
Robert Evans

[Hristo Borisov]

Hi Bob Evans,

Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't introduce printing capabilities in their Silverlight 3 release. Looks like they have postponed it for Silverlight 4. However, if you simply  want to print a snapshot of a control, for example the content of RadWindow, I have found an example that uses the functionality of WriteableBitmap to take the snapshot of a control and then sent it to a server which can print it. Here is the link.

All the best,
Hristo Borisov
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[jon borchart]

Silverlight 4 does support printing now..

            PrintDocument document = new PrintDocument();
            document.PrintPage += (s, args) =>
            {
                args.PageVisual = this.LayoutRoot;
            };
            document.Print("Silverlight Print Application Demo");


Cheers,
Jon

[jon borchart]

[Babak]

Hi,
Microsoft Silverlight's WriteableBitMap object has a digital rights management restriction (DRM restriction).
WriteableBitMap does not give access to pixels when Images have cross domain sources.
I have a map element that gets some layers from our own map services, and the map element gets the base map service from a company called ESRI.
We want to create a custom print page for our users based on the map extent and layers that they have chosen.
The WriteableBitMap DRM restriction does not allow us to create a PNG or JPEG image to put in our custom print page.
Will Telerik consider building a class that can execute such a function?

[Yana]

Hello Babak,

Thank you for sending your request, but I'm afraid we cannot help much in the described situation since the WriteableBitMap object has this restriction -  It seems that MS took care not to allow this functionality.

Best wishes,
Yana
the Telerik team