public ActionResult PrintDocument(PrintDocumentsViewModel viewModel)
{
List <WebLabelPrintDocument> documentsList = WebLabelPrintDocument.GenerateDocumentsList();
List <ServerPrinterInfo> serverPrintersList = ServerPrinterInfo.GetServerPrinters();
// The selected server printer actually comes back with the clientside JSON value. Parse that back
// into a PrinterInfo so that we can get the actual printer name back.
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(viewModel.SelectedServerPrinterName))
{
ServerPrinterInfo printerInfo = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize <ServerPrinterInfo>(viewModel.SelectedServerPrinterName);
viewModel.SelectedServerPrinterName = printerInfo.PrinterName;
}
viewModel.DocumentsList = documentsList;
viewModel.ServerPrintersList = serverPrintersList;
string documentFileName = documentsList[viewModel.SelectedDocumentIndex].FullPath;
// Perform the print job. Client and Direct Port print jobs are treated the same on the server.
if (viewModel.PrintType == "Server")
{
viewModel.PrintMessages = PrintSchedulerServiceSupport.PrintToServerPrinter(documentFileName, viewModel.SelectedServerPrinterName);
}
else
{
string printCode;
viewModel.PrintMessages = PrintSchedulerServiceSupport.PrintToClientPrinter(documentFileName, viewModel.SelectedServerPrinterName,
viewModel.ClientPrintLicense, out printCode);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(printCode))
{
viewModel.ClientPrintCode = printCode;
}
}
ViewBag.CurrentPage = "PrintDocuments";
return(View("PrintDocuments", viewModel));
}
public ActionResult PrintDocuments()
{
List <WebLabelPrintDocument> documentsList = WebLabelPrintDocument.GenerateDocumentsList();
List <ServerPrinterInfo> serverPrintersList = ServerPrinterInfo.GetServerPrinters();
// Set default view model options
PrintDocumentsViewModel viewModel = new PrintDocumentsViewModel();
viewModel.DocumentsList = documentsList;
viewModel.ServerPrintersList = serverPrintersList;
viewModel.SelectedDocumentIndex = 0;
viewModel.PrintType = "Server";
viewModel.SelectedClientPrinterName = string.Empty;
// Set the default server printer to the Windows default printer if one is available. Oftentimes, when a web application is hosted
// as an AppPool account that is different than the current user, we may not be able to get a default printer. In that case, select
// the first available printer.
bool hasDefault = false;
foreach (ServerPrinterInfo printerInfo in serverPrintersList)
{
if (printerInfo.IsDefault)
{
viewModel.SelectedServerPrinterName = printerInfo.PrinterName;
hasDefault = true;
break;
}
}
if (!hasDefault && serverPrintersList.Count > 0)
{
viewModel.SelectedServerPrinterName = serverPrintersList[0].PrinterName;
}
ViewBag.CurrentPage = "PrintDocuments";
return(View(viewModel));
}
