VPE.SetupPrinter() does not disable the window

[ds-hanau]

Hi IdealSoftware Team

I read your FAQ entry "VPE.SetupPrinter() does not disable the window (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=89&p=229&hilit=SetupPrinter#p229) and still have a question.
I have a simple demo project with one form and one button. the button click performs just these 3 lines of code:

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this.Enabled = false;
vpeControl.SetupPrinter("", PrintDialogControl.Always);
this.Enabled = true;


In this example I solved the problem that the setupdialog hides when clicking the form again.
But I still have the issue when clicking in the besides in the back of my sample application where maybe excel is opened, the setupdialog gets lost.
When clicking on the taskbar coming back to my sample application I can see my form but the setupdialog is still behind my excel applcation.

I need to open the setupdialog as modaldialog (ShowDialog) to solve this issue.

This code makes it more the way Im looking for:

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var dlg = new System.Windows.Forms.PrintDialog();
dlg.ShowDialog();

Any solution?
Thanks
Andrej

[IDEAL Software Support]

If you run vpedemo.exe, which comes with the VPE installation and is a native Windows program, you will notice that everything works as it should. This means when the printer setup dialog is shown, VPE makes it modal to the preview window. If the VPE preview is an external window this causes expected behaviour. If the preview is embedded into a window of your framework, you need to find yourself a way to emulate a modal window. VPE can not make any other windows modal, or disable them, since this might affect the whole logic of your application.

[ds-hanau]

Hi

Just to be sure: I do not have any preview windows.

My sample is just having one form with a pushbutton and the click event just calls Vpe.SetupPrinter(...).
The issue is that the printersetupdialog is not modal.
How can I open the Vpe.SetupPrinter(...) dialog in a modal way?

Thanks for your reply
Andrej

[IDEAL Software Support]

You have a preview window. It is external and invisible. Therefore, what I wrote before, still holds true.

[ds-hanau]

Sorry, I think I still did not get it?
What kind of preview window do you mean?
I do not know the scenes behind the function call of "VPE.SetupPrinter()", if you open a invisible window or not.
In my code snippet I just call "VPE.SetupPrinter()" and nothing else.

So is it possible to open the modal setup printer dialog in a modal way?
How can I demonstrate my issue? Can I send you my sample code?

Thanks for your support
Andrej

[IDEAL Software Support]

When you call OpenDoc() VPE creates an external invisible preview window. Except if you specify that VPE's preview should be embedded. In this case VPE creates an embedded invisible preview window. If you use the external preview window, the printer dialog is modal to this window, but of course not to other windows. You need to make your app's other windows behave modal yourself.

[DarwinHol]

When you give these fat burners for women a shot and call OpenDoc() VPE creates an external invisible preview window. Except if you specify that VPE's preview should be embedded. In this case VPE creates an embedded invisible preview window. If you use the external preview window, the printer dialog is modal to this window, but of course not to other windows. You need to make your app's other windows behave modal yourself.

Thanks for the clarification. I've had the same issue but this explains it.