Printing SSRS BAQ Reports from C#

Hey all, I have been trying for hours how to figure this out. I am trying to print a BAQ SSRS report from a button click. I can get it to show up as a preview, but it will not print to the printer. I am using a network printer that is on the Epicor SQL server, and I keep getting a “Printer Does Not Exist” Error. Can any of you tell me what I am doing wrong? Here is my code:

private void epiButtonC1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs args)
{
	string agentID = "";

	try
	{
		Session otSession = (Session)oTrans.Session;		

		//Set the workstationID
		string workStation = Ice.Lib.Report.EpiReportFunctions.GetWorkStationID(otSession);
		
		//Get or Set the AgentID
		using (var aSA = new SysAgentAdapter(oTrans))
		{
			oTrans.PushStatusText("Get System Agent Info", true);

			aSA.BOConnect();
			aSA.GetDefaultTaskAgentID(out agentID);
			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(agentID)) { agentID = "SystemTaskAgent"; }
		}

			//MessageBox.Show(agentID + ", " + workStation);

		{
	   	 var baqR = WCFServiceSupport.CreateImpl<Ice.Proxy.Rpt.BAQReportImpl>((Session)oTrans.Session, Epicor.ServiceModel.Channels.ImplBase<Ice.Contracts.BAQReportSvcContract>.UriPath);
			var dynamicReport = WCFServiceSupport.CreateImpl<Ice.Proxy.BO.DynamicReportImpl>((Session)oTrans.Session, Epicor.ServiceModel.Channels.ImplBase<Ice.Contracts.DynamicReportSvcContract>.UriPath);
			var rptMonitor = WCFServiceSupport.CreateImpl<Ice.Proxy.BO.ReportMonitorImpl>((Session)oTrans.Session, Epicor.ServiceModel.Channels.ImplBase<Ice.Contracts.ReportMonitorSvcContract>.UriPath);

		
	
				// GET DEFAULT REPORT PARAMETERS
				var rptDs = dynamicReport.GetByID("P-NOTES2");
				var baqRptDS = baqR.GetNewBAQReportParam("P-NOTES2");
				//baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].Option01 = guid.ToString();
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].AutoAction="SSRSPrint";
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].PrinterName=@"\\server1\BrotherEngineering";
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].RptPageSettings = "Color=False,Landscape=True,Margins=[Left=0 Right=0 Top=0 Bottom=0],PaperSize=[Kind='Letter' PaperName='Letter' Height=1100 Width=850],PaperSource=[SourceName='Auto Select' Kind='AutomaticFeed'],PrinterResolution=[Kind='Custom' X=600 Y=600]";
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].RptPrinterSettings = "PrinterName='\\\\server1\\BrotherEngineering',Copies=1,Collate=False,Duplex=Simplex,FromPage=1,ToPage=1";
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].PrintReportParameters=false;
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].WorkstationID=workStation;
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].SSRSRenderFormat = "PDF";
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].Character01="PrintPrev";
				//baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].Character02=flag;
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].BAQRptID=("P-NOTES2");
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].ReportID=("P-NOTES2");
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].Summary = false;
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].ReportStyleNum = 1;
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].BAQID=("P-NOTES2");
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].ReportTitle = "Production Notes";
				//baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].TaskNote = guid.ToString();
				//rptDs.BAQRptOptionFld[0].FieldValue = guid.ToString();
				
				rptDs.AcceptChanges();
				StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
				rptDs.WriteXml(writer);
				baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].Filter1 = writer.ToString();

				//baqR.RunDirect(baqRptDS);
				baqR.SubmitToAgent(baqRptDS, agentID, 0, 0, "Epicor.Mfg.UIRpt.BAQReport");


			//MessageBox.Show("Report Submitted to System Agent for processing.");
		}

	}
	catch (Exception ex)
	{
		MessageBox.Show("An error occured trying to print report." + ex.Message);
	
	}
}

For those who care, It was because I was not doing double quotes around the printer name, I needed to update this:

baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].RptPrinterSettings = "PrinterName='\\\\server1\\BrotherEngineering',Copies=1,Collate=False,Duplex=Simplex,FromPage=1,ToPage=1";

to be this:

baqRptDS.BAQReportParam[0].RptPrinterSettings = "PrinterName=\"\\\\net-fileshare\\BrotherEngineering\",Copies=1,Collate=False,Duplex=Simplex,FromPage=1,ToPage=1";

the small things…

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BTW @niva5171, in c#, if you put a ‘@’ at the start of your string, you don’t have to escape the special characters.

…rptPrinterSettings = @"PrinterName=…

Mark W.

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well that is very good to know. Thanks for the tip!