Print Preview Control settings not working

[Steve]

Hello,

 

I'm using the PrintPreviewControl from the Telerik.Windows.Controls.Spreadsheet.Controls assembly in Silverlight.

However, the Print Settings, specifically the page orientation setting, does not seem to have any affect, with the setting from the browser's print dialog taking precedence instead.

Do I need to do something to handle this setting myself? Alternatively, is there a way to customise the PrintPreviewControl in order to hide some elements?

 

Thanks

[Petya]

Hi Steve,

The printing settings RadSpreadsheet exposes control the way the visual which is sent to the printer will look. For example, if you set the page size to A3, the range of cells included in this visual will be larger. In Silverlight, there's no way to access the actual printer settings due to security limitations of the framework and indeed, the settings of the PrintDialog take precedence. In other words, to print to A3 paper (or with Landscape orientation), you need to specify this both for RadSpreadsheet in the print preview control and for the printer in the PrintDialog.

As to your question on modifying the preview control, you can extract and change the style of the PrintPreviewControl and remove any options you don't want to be visible. The attached application demonstrates how this can be achieved - it uses the Windows8 theme and our implicit theming mechanism.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Petya
Telerik

[John Tobin]

Hi,

I have the exact same problem but I am using WPF and not silverlight? Is this a problem for WPF too? I assumed it would be OK in WPF since it is possible with WPF to access the printer settings. Do you know why this would not work for me?

Thanks

[Anna]

Hi,

Your assumption is correct, there is indeed no reason why this scenario would not be working for you in WPF. Could you please share your code with us to help us investigate further?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Anna
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