But Repexpert provide an simple way to community with Report Server.
You can edit the "Before Report Value" of report, input some special string,
specify the paper size or margins. These special string will be passed to
RepExpert, and then RepExpert will print out with your default settings.
specify your favorite printer. you can modify RDF file to assign a printer.
1 ) Open a RDF file. Open "Property Palette" window of report.
2 ) In the "Before Report Value" input
box, input some special string looks like :
<!--REPEXPERT?printer=[printer
name]-->
<!--REPEXPERT?papersize=[paper size]-->
<!--REPEXPERT?orientation=[paper orientation]-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_left=[width of margin]inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_right=[width of margin]inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_bottom=[width of margin]inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_top=[width of margin]inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?printer=[printer
name]-->
You can specified your appreciative printer by replace [printer
name] with name of the printer.
(e.g. '<!--REPEXPERT?printer=Epson
LQ-1600K -->'
)
<!--REPEXPERT?papersize=[paper
size]-->
You can also specify default paper size, replace [paper
size] with the name the paper size.
(e.g. <!--REPEXPERT?papersize=US
Std Fanfold-->)
<!--REPEXPERT?orientation=[paper
orientation]-->
Since version 1.3.5,
you can also assign default paper orientation. in development period
by adding one of following 2 String to "Before Report Value"
input box,
Options:
<!--REPEXPERT?orientation=portrait-->
<!--REPEXPERT?orientation=landscape-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_left=[width
of margin]inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_right=[width of margin]inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_bottom=[width of margin]inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_top=[width of margin]inch-->
You are able to specify the margins in inch of current report, if you
do not specify, the margin
will be set to 0 . e.g.
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_left=0.6inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_right=0.2inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_bottom=0.5inch-->
<!--REPEXPERT?margin_top=1.5inch-->
