Print Report in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 through X++

Question

I am trying to print sales confirmation report on a button click which I have added on Sales Order Detail form in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. On click event of that button, I have written following code:

void clicked()
{
    Args                args;
    ReportRun           reportRun;
    SalesFormLetter     salesFormLetter;
    PrintJobSettings    printJobSettings;
    CustConfirmJour     custConfirmJour;
    RecordSortedList    list                = new RecordSortedList(55);
    SalesTable          salesTableUpdate;
    ;

    SELECT firstonly custConfirmJour order by ConfirmID desc where custConfirmJour.SalesId == salesTable.SalesId ;

    list.ins(custConfirmJour);

    args = new Args(ReportStr(SalesConfirm));


    printJobSettings = new PrintJobSettings();
    printJobSettings.SetTarget(PrintMedium::Printer);
    printJobSettings.suppressScalingMessage(true);

    salesFormLetter  = new SalesFormLetter_Confirm(true);
    salesFormLetter.updatePrinterSettingsFormLetter(printJobSettings.packPrintJobSettings());

    args.designName("Standard");
    args.caller(salesFormletter);
    args.parmEnum(PrintCopyOriginal::Original);
    args.parmEnumType(enumnum(PrintCopyOriginal));
    args.object(list);

    reportRun = new ReportRun(args);
    reportRun.setTarget(PrintMedium::Printer);
    reportRun.init();
    reportRun.run();
}

The code is running fine except on problem that instead of sending the report directly on printer, print preview is coming.

I will be very greateful if anyone of you could let me know what is wrong with this code.

Rgds

Haroon

Answer 1

Since you're not sending in an reference to any printer, it would have to use the default printer, which might very well be Microsoft XPS or some display capable printer.

I had to send in the printersetting to the report (SalesInvoice) and add some code to sniff out any sent printersetting. Otherwise, the report will use whatever printersetting that applies to that type of report. Getting that to work enabled me to pass in various printersettings, like Email, PDF, etc, etc... :-)