Print newly created report later

Hi all,

I am creating reports using crystal report in VB.NET. The reports are created successfully and can be converted to PDF and Word.

After the creation i send generated documents as email. And also have to print them.

I don't want to use Adobe/Word for the printing. I want to create .prn files for printing in the generation process.

Is there any other option which can be used to print the created report.

I can print the reports directly from crystal reports but i want to split the process in two phases
1, Generation
2, Dispatching

Looking for ideaCant you make use of Print button avaliable in the Report?|||Thanks for your reply.

But the scenario is entierly different in my case. I am using Crystal Reports as window service and the process is splited in two phases

1, Generation
2, Dispatching

One process will generate a document and then save it
the other process will print that generated document

I can generate and print in one process with out storing the file on disk. But i want to do it in two steps.

Regards|||What is the difficulty in doing this in two steps?|||The difficulty is,
I have to create a report in Step one and have to save it to the disk. Right in which format i would store it so i can again open it through crystal report and send its print?

Or is there any other format to store the generated report? SO i can print it again through crystal report.

I don't want to use MS Word or Adobe automation for printing.

Regards|||If you show the report in your application, enable print button so that you can print it from CR|||Madhi
Thanks for the reply but i think you are not getting the issue which i am facing.
My application runs as Windows Service it has no GUI.
Also first i have to create a report , save it to the disk. The other process will print that saved report file.

I can save the report in pdf, word and other suported formats but to print pdf i have to use Adobe or to print word i need MS Word. Which i don't want.

I directly want to print the saved file.

Regards|||Well. Which front end application are you using?|||There is no such Front End.

The request is submitted to the data base and the application checks the data base for any new request.

On the new request it generates the report and stor/export in specific format also updates the data base.

The other application picks the stored documents/files and prints then, email or fax them then again update the database.

Email and Faxing is working well but the print is creating problem as i described in my previous reply.|||See if you are able find solution here
http://support.businessobjects.com/