Crystal Reports Print Problem in Firefox and Chrome

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I have a crystal report,print Mode is set to ActiveX. When clicking on the Print button in crystal reports viewer using IE , the printer dialog appears properly. When using Firefox or Chrome it asking me to print to pdf. Is there any way to open the printer dialog with firefox and chrome?

Posted 23-Sep-13 18:42pm

Sajith Dilhan

Updated 23-Sep-13 21:00pm

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sajjad hasanzadeh 24-Sep-13 3:22am

whats your default web browser in this system..?

Sajith Dilhan 24-Sep-13 4:25am

Firefox 24

Dew Drops 24-May-14 23:47pm

firefox

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Please try using the report object instead the viewer, you can use its PrintToPrinter property in other to print and using the viewer control for just viewing (maybe adding another print button for that matter).

Posted 22-May-15 6:34am

Miguel Angel Heredia Moreno

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Marc Gabrie · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-24T06:33:00

ActiveX is MS tech and only supported by IE. Here are some link about diff alternatives to get your report printing on FF & Chrome

Report Viewer Print Problem in Chrome, Mozilla Browsers[^]

http://neodynamic.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/add-chrome-print-support-in-asp-net-crystal-report-viewer-and-more/[^]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12543428/crystal-report-viewer-button-is-not-working-in-google-chrome-and-firefox-but-fin[^]