SL: expand hidden sections when printed

[Peter van Rees]

I have reports with hidden sections in them. These sections can be shown/hidden through actions defined on their parent elements.

When a user prints a report, it is printed as it is shown in the viewer, expanded sections are printed, hidden sections are not. I would like to somehow hook into the print event and expand all sections prior to printing. Is this possible?

(I am using the SL viewer)

[Steve]

Hi Peter,

The current behavior is by design - we print what is shown in the viewer. If you want to print the entire report with everything expanded i.e. no actions applied, you can hide/remove the print button from the Silverlight viewer template and add your own button for printing the report, which would in fact print the same report with no actions applied or default state expanded.

Best wishes,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Peter van Rees]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the answer. Can you give me some directions on how to change the template?

Peter

[Steve]

Hi Peter,

You can use Blend for this purpose as explained in the Creating Style in Expression Blend help article.
General information on styling templated controls is available in the Styling a control that supports templates MSDN article.

Best wishes,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Peter van Rees]

Thanks Steve!