How Can I Print SharePoint document Library Documents Using code?

Question

Hi,

I am just wanted to know how to print the document library files (document file). I goggled it and unable to find the solution. But during search I found an http://www.sharepointprinting.com/ having a tool which provides a very same type of factuality.
Please guide me. How can I proceed to achieve this type of functionality?

Thanks & regards, Basant

Answer 1

You could use the WebClient class to download the file to a temporary directory and just use PrintDocument to print it (this could vary greatly depending on whether you want to show a print dialog, if you're using Silverlight, WebForms, WinForms, or some other third party printing tool), but the method to download the file should be the same across all managed platforms.

WebClient client = new WebClient();
string tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
string fileUri = "http://mysharepointserver/Shared%20Documents/myFile.doc";

client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
client.DownloadFile(fileUri, tempFile);
//add some kind of printing logic here