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Is there a way to print the number of copies given in a textbox in a C# windows form application?

With my current code the document gets printed the required number of prints, but after the first print there is a dialog that says that the document already is opened and I have to open a copy. When I open this copy, the document prints again, but only if I accept to open the copy. Is there a way to print the document multiple times without getting the dialog of the copy of the document every time?

When the form is filled in correct, I want it to be stored on my hard drive and want it to print the number given in a textbox on a previous form. The value from this textbox is stored in the variable intAantalPoorten.

Thanks a lot!

Regards Bert

CreateWordDocument(@"N:De wienesProductieformulierenSjablonenPoortblad.docx", @"N:De wienesProductieformulierenProducties poortbladenPoortblad " + txtKlantnaam.Text + "-" + txtReferentie.Text + ".docx");



ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(@"N:De wienesProductieformulierenProducties poortbladenPoortblad " + txtKlantnaam.Text + "-" + txtReferentie.Text + ".docx");





            for (intAAntalPrints = 0; intAAntalPrints <= intAantalPoorten; intAAntalPrints++)



            {



                info.Verb = "Print";

                info.CreateNoWindow = true;

                info.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

                Process.Start(info); 



            }

You're probably not using the best programming model. The thing you're doing is relying on the windows shell to open the document and invoke the registered verb (as defined by Word in the local registry). This is the most primitive and least functional way to get the job done. For example, there's no way to change which printer you're printing to...or how many copies or which pages, etc.

Instead, there's a rich programming model that Word (and all the Office apps) provide. You can open documents, and print them specifying the number of copies that you want.

To get access to this programming model, you need to reference the .COM interop assembly for Word, which is:

...and the Office Core interop assembly:

Then, it's just a matter of driving Word to do what you want. For example:

using System;

using System.Windows.Forms;



namespace WindowsFormsApp1

{

  public partial class Form1: Form

  {

    public Form1( )

    {

      InitializeComponent( );

    }



    private void button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )

    {

      //--> assumes the textBox1.Text contains the file to open...

      var app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application( );

      var doc = app.Documents.Open( textBox1.Text, ReadOnly: true );

      doc.PrintOut( Copies: 1 );

      doc.Close( );

      app.Quit( );



    }

  }

}

Note that this requires Word to be installed on the local machine. For more information, check out the word object model.