Printer Selection Dialog Window (.net Sdk)
Hello,
I'm implementing an interface between my VB.NET 3.5 desktop application and BarTender 10.1 using .NET SDKs. I'm looking for a way to display Printer selection dialog window (screenshot attached) during a printer time that will allow user to select a printer.
With ActiveX (COM) this could done by following code:
btFormat.PrintOut(True, True) ' Printer selection dialog will appear btFormat.PrintOut(False, False) ' Printer selection dialog will not appear
How can I do the same thing using .NET SDK?
Thanks,
Michal
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You need to make use of the Window class. However, it looks like setting the VisibleWindows to InteractiveDialogs won't allow you to show this Print dialog. This only works for data entry and database query dialogs. Instead you'd need to show the whole BarTender application window which is not what you want. Is there any reason why you don't use a form control in your app, populate it with the installed printers, and then set the printer selected as the one to use in the BarTender print job? The LabelPrint project in the SDK gives a good example on how to do this.
Anyhow, here is some code I inserted into a button click event for demo purposes:
// Create and Start the BarTender print engine. Engine btEngine = new Engine(); btEngine.Start(); // Set the BarTender main window dimensions. btEngine.Window.Width = 800; btEngine.Window.Height = 600; // Set the window location. btEngine.Window.Top = 100; btEngine.Window.Left = 100; // Make BarTender visible to the user. btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = VisibleWindows.InteractiveDialogs; //btEngine.Window.Visible = true; // Open a label format. LabelFormatDocument btFormat = btEngine.Documents.Open(@"C:\users\icummings\desktop\document1.btw"); // Print the label Result result = btFormat.Print(); // Wait five seconds so the user can see the window. System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000); // Stop the BarTender print engine. btEngine.Stop();0 -
This is what I was looking for! a way to display select record.... do you know if there is a way to hide bartender yet still display the select record dialog box? I'm also considering using a datagridview in my program to accomplish the same thing?
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Set the VisibleWindows property with one of the below enumerations:
VisibleWindows Enumeration
Member name Value Description None 0 No windows will be visible in BarTender. All 1 All windows will be visible in BarTender. InteractiveDialogs 2 Only interactive dialog windows will be visible in BarTender. The main BarTender window will not show. StartingLabelDialogOnly 3 Only the starting label dialog will be visible in BarTender. 0 -
Ian, from my testing:
from my testing:
btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = VisibleWindows.InteractiveDialogs
btEngine.Window.Visible = Trueor
btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = VisibleWindows.All
btEngine.Window.Visible = Trueor
btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = VisibleWindows.None
btEngine.Window.Visible = Trueor
btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = VisibleWindows.StartingLabelDialogOnly
btEngine.Window.Visible = TrueAll behave the same... there is no diffrance. They alll show the BarTender program.
Do you have any examples of code that hide the BarTender Program but will show the Interactive Dialogs?
Here is what my Sub in VB looks like and is working other then I would like to hide BarTender.
Private Sub LabelPrint()
Dim btEngine As New Engine()
' Start a BarTender Engine processbtEngine.Start()
' Set the BarTender main window dimensions.
btEngine.Window.Width = 800
btEngine.Window.Height = 600'Set the window location.
btEngine.Window.Top = 20
btEngine.Window.Left = 20' Make BarTender visible to the user.
btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = VisibleWindows.InteractiveDialogs
btEngine.Window.Visible = True' Open a label format
Dim btFormat As LabelFormatDocument = btEngine.Documents.Open("\\PCS-FS01\Software\PCS Shipping\V2\Labels\QR Codes Linked to Database.btw")
' Set the QueryPrompt
btFormat.DatabaseConnections.QueryPrompts("Job_Number").Value = lbJob.Text
btFormat.DatabaseConnections.QueryPrompts("System_Number").Value = lbSys.Text' Print the label format
Dim result As Result = btFormat.Print()
' Wait five seconds so the user can see the window.
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000)' Stop the BarTender print engine.
btEngine.Stop()End Sub
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What version/build of BarTender are you running? What version of Windows?
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Win 10 Pro, Visual Studio 17, BarTender Enterprise Automation 2016 R3
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Hi Ben,
You may need to add a Record Picker Control to the form on the .btw document. Instructions can be found here: https://support.seagullscientific.com/hc/en-us/articles/214448107
Then you need to make a minor change in your code - you are setting the VisibleWindows property to the member name rather than the value:
' Make BarTender visible to the user.
btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = 2
btEngine.Window.Visible = True0 -
Kai,
That change had the same outcome. looks like my only option is
btEngine.Start()
' Set the BarTender main window dimensions.
btEngine.Window.Width = 0
btEngine.Window.Height = 0'Set the window location.
btEngine.Window.Top = 1600
btEngine.Window.Left = 1600Giving it the width and height of 0 does not hide it, it still shows a small title bar. I made the location off my screen so it will not show up.
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Also, I am using the record picker. that is the dialog box I want to show while hiding the BarTender program.
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Ben,
Interestingly enough ... it looks like it's an order of operations issue. Make this change:
' Make BarTender visible to the user.
btEngine.Window.Visible = True
btEngine.Window.VisibleWindows = 2I should have double checked before my last post, but apparently the order of those two lines matters. If Window.Visible is after Window.VisibleWindows it will still open the main BarTender window.
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Kai,
Sweet! that did the trick.
Thanks!
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