Telerik Reporting Print Dialog Box Appears In Windows Service

[Muhammad]

I am using Telerik Reporting for just printing in my windows service but what happen is that its showing a dialog box for printing and I am getting an exception. I have already defined a default printer name by my function. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Exception :

Service cannot be started. System.InvalidOperationException: Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation. Specify the ServiceNotification or DefaultDesktopOnly style to display a notification from a service application.

 System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings printerSettings = new System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings();
            printerSettings.PrinterName = GetDefaultPrinter();
            Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor reportProcessor = new Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor();
            System.Drawing.Printing.StandardPrintController standardPrintController = new System.Drawing.Printing.StandardPrintController();
            Telerik.Reporting.Report rpt = new Telerik.Reporting.Report();            
            reportProcessor.PrintController = standardPrintController;
            reportProcessor.PrintReport(rpt, printerSettings); 



public string GetDefaultPrinter()
        {
            System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings printerSettings = new System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings();
            foreach (string printer in System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters)
            {
                printerSettings.PrinterName = printer;
                if (printerSettings.IsDefaultPrinter)
                {
                    return printerSettings.PrinterName;
                    //return printer;
                }
            }
            return string.Empty;
        }

[Peter]

Hi Muhammad,

Generally the error states that the Print Dialog is trying to initialize. Thus our suggestion is to test/debug your code in Windows Forms application. If the Print Dialog is initialized then most probably you don't have a default printer or you have other configuration issue.

Best wishes,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Muhammad]

I ran my application (windows form) and still I am getting a dialog box but it's showing my default printer in the dialog box is there is some way that I can skip that dialog box. Please provide me some solution.

[Peter]

Hi Muhammad,

I have attached a sample WinForms project with the code you have provided and a video to demonstrate the expected behavior. Most probably there is something specific to your printers configuration that forces the print dialog.

Best wishes,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Muhammad]

Thank you so much ... U solved id :)

[Swetha]

Hello Telerik Team,

I have the same problem. I tried the solution you have suggested here. But still i get the same error in the server.
It works fine in my local.

[Stef]

Hello Swetha,

If the mentioned issue is the same from your other posts, please check the provided answer.

In case this is another issue, elaborate on the scenario, received error, application structure and created report definitions.

Regards,
Stef
Telerik