As report viewer need ActiveX control to print the report which was possible in Windows IE only.
But after a long search on google. I have found 2 Solution which will allow you to print in Chrome and FireFox as well.
Solution 1: (Render content in HTML and call Print Command through JavaScript)
Put this code in Head of the page.
Solution 2 (Render report content in PDF and call print function.)
Required itextsharp.dll version 5.0
But after a long search on google. I have found 2 Solution which will allow you to print in Chrome and FireFox as well.
Solution 1: (Render content in HTML and call Print Command through JavaScript)
Put this code in Head of the page.
Control on Page<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">// Linking the print function to the print button$(document).ready(function () {$('#printreport').click(function () {//alert('Hi');printReport('ReportViewer1');});function printReport(report_ID) {var rv1 = $('#' + report_ID);var iDoc = rv1.parents('html');// Reading the report stylesvar styles = iDoc.find("head style[id$='ReportControl_styles']").html();if ((styles == undefined) || (styles == '')) {iDoc.find('head script').each(function () {var cnt = $(this).html();var p1 = cnt.indexOf('ReportStyles":"');if (p1 > 0) {p1 += 15;var p2 = cnt.indexOf('"', p1);styles = cnt.substr(p1, p2 - p1);}});}if (styles == '') { alert("Cannot generate styles, Displaying without styles.."); }styles = '<style type="text/css">' + styles + "</style>";// Reading the report htmlvar table = rv1.find("div[id$='_oReportDiv']");if (table == undefined) {alert("Report source not found.");return;}// Generating a copy of the report in a new windowvar docType = '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">';var docCnt = styles + table.parent().html();var docHead = '<style>body{margin:0;padding:0; line-height: 0.5em;} @page { size: A4; margin: 0;} @media print { html, body { width: 210mm; height: 297mm; }} @media print { footer { page-break-after: always; }} td {padding:0;}</style>';var winAttr = "location=yes, statusbar=no, directories=no, menubar=no, titlebar=no, toolbar=no, dependent=no, width=900px, height=700px, resizable=yes, screenX=100, screenY=100, personalbar=no, scrollbars=yes";;var newWin = window.open("", "_blank", winAttr);writeDoc = newWin.document;writeDoc.open();writeDoc.write(docType + '<html>' + docHead + '<body onload="window.print();">' + docCnt + '</body></html>');writeDoc.close();// The print event will fire as soon as the window loadsnewWin.focus();// uncomment to autoclose the preview window when printing is confirmed or canceled.// newWin.close();};});</script>
<input id="printreport" type="button" value="Print" />
<rsweb:ReportViewer ID="ReportViewer1" runat="server" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="8pt" InteractiveDeviceInfos="(Collection)" ShowExportControls="true" WaitMessageFont-Names="Verdana" WaitMessageFont-Size="14pt" Height="600px" Width="820px" ShowPrintButton="true">
<LocalReport ReportPath="report.rdlc"> </LocalReport>
</rsweb:ReportViewer>
Solution 2 (Render report content in PDF and call print function.)
Required itextsharp.dll version 5.0
<asp:ImageButton ID="btnPrint" runat="server" OnClick="btnPrint_Click" ImageUrl="https://cdn3.iconfinder.com/data/icons/black-easy/512/535129-print_512x512.png" Height="50px" />
<rsweb:ReportViewer ID="ReportViewer1" runat="server" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="8pt" InteractiveDeviceInfos="(Collection)" ShowExportControls="true" WaitMessageFont-Names="Verdana" WaitMessageFont-Size="14pt" Height="600px" Width="820px" ShowPrintButton="true">
<LocalReport ReportPath="report.rdlc"> </LocalReport>
</rsweb:ReportViewer>
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text;
using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms;
protected void btnPrint_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
Warning[] warnings;
string[] streamids;
string mimeType;
string encoding;
string extension;
byte[] bytes = ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Render("PDF", null, out mimeType,
out encoding, out extension, out streamids, out warnings);
FileStream fs = new FileStream(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("output.pdf"), FileMode.Create);
fs.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
fs.Close();
//Open exsisting pdf
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("output.pdf"));
//Getting a instance of new pdf wrtiter
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(
HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("Print.pdf"), FileMode.Create));
document.Open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
int i = 0;
int p = 0;
int n = reader.NumberOfPages;
Rectangle psize = reader.GetPageSize(1);
float width = psize.Width;
float height = psize.Height;
//Add Page to new document
while (i < n)
{
document.NewPage();
p++; i++;
PdfImportedPage page1 = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i);
cb.AddTemplate(page1, 0, 0);
}
//Attach javascript to the document
PdfAction jAction = PdfAction.JavaScript("this.print(true);\r", writer);
writer.AddJavaScript(jAction);
document.Close();
//Attach pdf to the iframe
frmPrint.Attributes["src"] = "Print.pdf";
}
This solution has been checked in Windows, Mac & Ubuntu with Chrome & FireFox Browser
