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I know this question has been asked before, but my situation is a bit wonky.

Basically, I'm trying to print a PDF file that I've generated using a previous Windows Form. I can find the file no problem, and I used the following code which I found off MSDN's help forums:

So far so good, but everytime I press the button to run this code, it keeps asking me to save it as a PDF file instead, as shown below:

I've also tried adding a PrintDialog to the Windows Form, getting it to pop up, and I can select the printer I want to use from there, but even after selecting the printer it still asks me to print to PDF Document instead.

What am I doing wrong?

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First, to be able to select a Printer, you'll have to use a PrintDialog and PrintDocument to send graphics to print to the selected printer.

That's what I'm doing since I usually have custom objects to print.

But to print PDF Files, you must understand that PDF means absolutely nothing to dotNet. Unlike common images like Bitmaps (.bmp) or Ping images (.png) the dotNet doesn't seem to have any inbuilt parser/decoder for reading, displaying and printing PDF files.

So you must use a third party application, thrid party library or your own custom PDF parser/layout generator in order to be able to send pages to print to your printer.

That's why you can't launch a hidden (not visible) process of Acrobat Reader with the command 'print'. You won't be able to select a printer but will direct to the default one instead !

You can however launch the Acrobat Reader process just to open the file, and do the printing manipulations (select a printer) inside Acrobat Reader (you're outside dotNet coding now)

A workaround for your may aslo to select another default printer by opening Acrobat Reader, and print one blank page on an actual working printer. This should deselect your FoxIt thing in favour of an actual printer.

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To print massive PDF documents with VB.Net you can use LVBPrint and run it via command line:

For Example:

C:tempgsbatchprint64gsbatchprintc.exe -P serverprinter -N A3 -O Port -F C:tempgsbatchprint64Test*.pdf -I Tray3

I use the following function in my application:

I discourage on using AcrRd32.exe as it doesn't work with massive printings.

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I used this code to print my PDF files on VB NET:

When you do this, process remains open with a adobe reader window that users have to close manually. I wanted to avoid user's interaction, just want them to get their documents. So, I added a few code lines to kill process:

If you put the kill process method right after the print method you won't get your document printed (I guess this is because process is killed before it is sent to printer). So, between these 2 methods, I added this line:

And with this my code worked as I wanted. Hope it helps you!

Brenda MontielBrenda Montiel

This code will help you to print in a specific printer.

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The sample print a file using a ProcessStartInfo and a specific printer you can change the printer to use in the process.

If the print process is not finished after 10 seconds we kill the print process.

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PDF viewer component is an easy and reliable solution for developers to embed PDF into a VB.NET form using Adobe Reader Component.

What is the best way of embedding adobe pdf document in a VB.Net form with 100% compatibility? I believe most of you remember the good adobe reader component technology which allowed loading a pdf file in Visual Basic Windows form. But all these technologies do not support to do more limitation from modification pdf files.

The following article will show how to load pdf files in a VB.NET application step by step.

If you haven't the pdf viewer component, you need to install the package firstly.

How to display PDF Document in VB6 Application

Open the Visual Studio and create a new VB.NET application.

Right Click the Solution. Then click Add Reference.. menu item.

In the pop up dialog, choose the pdfviewer.ocx file from the Browse tab.

Or choose the PDF Viewer Component from the COM tab.

Click OK. The PDF Viewer Component References have been added in the new vb.net project.

Switch to the Form design window of Form1.

Document

Drag the PDF Viewer Component from the Toolbox panel into the form1.

Type the following VB.NET codes to new, open, saveas, close and print a word document look like this:

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles LoadPDF.Click
With OpenFileDialog1
.DefaultExt = 'pdf'
.Filter = 'PDF File Formats (*.pdf) *.pdf All Files (*.*) *.* '
.FilterIndex = 1
End With
If OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
AxPDFViewer1.LoadFile(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

End Sub

Private Sub PDFInstalled_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles PDFInstalled.Click
If AxPDFViewer1.AdobeReaderIsInstalled = True Then
MsgBox('Ok. Your computer has installed the Adobe Reader', vbYesNo)
Else
MsgBox('Please installed the Adobe PDF Reader before using the component.', vbYesNo)
End If
End Sub

Private Sub ShowToolbars_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ShowToolbars.Click
If AxPDFViewer1.Titlebar = True Then
AxPDFViewer1.Titlebar = False
Else
AxPDFViewer1.Titlebar = True
End If
End Sub

Private Sub ShowScrollbar_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ShowScrollbar.Click
If AxPDFViewer1.Scrollbar = True Then
AxPDFViewer1.Scrollbar = False
Else
AxPDFViewer1.Scrollbar = True
End If
End Sub

Private Sub ShowTitlebar_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ShowTitlebar.Click
If AxPDFViewer1.Titlebar = True Then
AxPDFViewer1.Titlebar = False
Else
AxPDFViewer1.Titlebar = True
End If
End Sub

Private Sub CloseDoc_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CloseDoc.Click
AxPDFViewer1.Clear()
End Sub

Private Sub AboutPDF_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles AboutPDF.Click
AxPDFViewer1.AboutPDFViewer()
End Sub

Private Sub First_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles First.Click
AxPDFViewer1.GotoFirstPage()
End Sub

Private Sub Prev_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Prev.Click
AxPDFViewer1.GotoPreviousPage()
End Sub

Private Sub NextPage_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NextPage.Click
AxPDFViewer1.GotoNextPage()
End Sub

Private Sub LastPage_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles LastPage.Click
AxPDFViewer1.GotoLastPage()
End Sub

Private Sub PrintOut_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles PrintOut.Click
AxPDFViewer1.PrintWithDialog()
End Sub

Private Sub DisableToolbarMenu_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DisableToolbarMenu.Click
AxPDFViewer1.DisableToolbarRightClickMenu(True)
End Sub

Private Sub DisableViewMenu_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DisableViewMenu.Click
AxPDFViewer1.DisableViewRightClickMenu(True)
End Sub

Vb.net Component

Private Sub DisableCopy_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DisableCopy.Click
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeyCopy()
End Sub

Private Sub DisablePrint_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DisablePrint.Click
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeyPrint()
End Sub

Private Sub DisableHotkeys_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DisableHotkeys.Click
AxPDFViewer1.SetReadOnly()
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeyCopy()
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeyPrint()
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeySave()
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeySearch()
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeyShowBookMarks()
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeyShowThumnails()
AxPDFViewer1.DisableHotKeyShowToolbars()
End Sub
End Class

Open the Configuration Manager. Change the Active solution platform as x86 option.

Vb Print Document

Then build the VB.NET project and run.

Vb Code To Print

The pdf reader component support adobe reader version 9, X and XI. It can run at the Windows 2000/Xp/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1 32 bit or 64 bit OS. To Embed pdf file into a VB.NET application, you needn't change anything, only call the LoadFile method:

public void Open()
{
axPDFViewer1.LoadFile(sPath);
axEDOffice1.Open(');'Open the standard file dialog
}

Vb Print File

With a PDF viewer component, you are not only able to view PDF documents, but also able to disable print, disable copy, disable edit and change the pdf window options. Here is a VB.NET tutorial for displaying a PDF file in asp.net page or form. It uses the Adobe Reader software installed on system to render the pdf files. So it's 100% compatibility for all pdf files.

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