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fphealthcare wrote:We have removed most of the buttons we need but are unable to remove the following:
Bookmarks - we would like to remove the bookmark button but keep the thumbnail button

StiOptions.Preview.Window.ShowBookmarksPanel = false;
report.PreviewSettings = (report.PreviewSettings & (int)(~StiPreviewSettings.Bookmarks));

fphealthcare wrote: Multiple Pages - We would like to keep all the pages buttons but remove the 'Multiple Pages' button

fphealthcare wrote:We are keeping the Export and the Send Email funtionality, but want to restrict only to PDF. So when a user clicks on Export, it only exports to PDF, and same with email.

            foreach (StiService service in StiConfig.Services.GetServices(typeof(StiExportService)))
            {
                if (!(service is StiPdfExportService))
                {
                    service.ServiceEnabled = false;
                }
            }

Edward wrote: Please use the following code:

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StiOptions.Preview.Window.ShowBookmarksPanel = false;
report.PreviewSettings = (report.PreviewSettings & (int)(~StiPreviewSettings.Bookmarks));

Please use the following code:

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            foreach (StiService service in StiConfig.Services.GetServices(typeof(StiExportService)))
            {
                if (!(service is StiPdfExportService))
                {
                    service.ServiceEnabled = false;
                }
            }

Edward wrote: These settings may be save/load via the following:

StiConfig.Save();

StiConfig.Load();

fpheallthcare wrote:1. We have removed the 'Save' button and have kept the 'Export' button and have used the code above to only
allow saving to PDF. Is it possible to change the icon of the 'Export' button to be the same as the icon
of the 'Save' button (a disc).
2. We would like to suppress the PDF settings dialog so it never shows. It simply uses the default settings
and prompts for a filename.
3. Is there a way to set so that everytime you chose to export as PDF it asks for a filename, but is always
saved to a default folder?

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            StiPreviewControl.SavingDocument += new EventHandler(StiPreviewControl_SavingDocument);
            StiOptions.Preview.Window.ShowSaveButton = true;
        }

        private void StiPreviewControl_SavingDocument(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            StiReport report = sender as StiReport;
            StiPdfExportSettings settings = new StiPdfExportSettings();
            // here you can set additional export parameters for the export
            settings.KeyLength = StiPdfEncryptionKeyLength.Bit128;          
            // Here you can ask user for the filename of the exported document
            report.ExportDocument(StiExportFormat.Pdf, filename, settings);
        }

fphealthcare wrote:When you say the settings can be save/load ... Do you mean the settings get saved to the report file?

StiConfig.Save();

StiConfig.Load() 

fphealthcare wrote:Does this mean that I need to set these settings once and simply load it each time I load the report rather than setting the settings again?

Edward wrote:These requirements may be achieved in the following way:
You are disable Export button at all. Save button is visible but its behavior is changed via
StiPreviewControl.SavingDocument static event. Please note that you need to set this event only once (for example in the FormLoad event handler).
So you can get full control on the exporting(saving) process of the rendered report.

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        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            StiPreviewControl.SavingDocument += new EventHandler(StiPreviewControl_SavingDocument);
            StiOptions.Preview.Window.ShowSaveButton = true;
        }

        private void StiPreviewControl_SavingDocument(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            StiReport report = sender as StiReport;
            StiPdfExportSettings settings = new StiPdfExportSettings();
            // here you can set additional export parameters for the export
            settings.KeyLength = StiPdfEncryptionKeyLength.Bit128;          
            // Here you can ask user for the filename of the exported document
            report.ExportDocument(StiExportFormat.Pdf, filename, settings);
        }

For more information about control saving(exporting) of the rendered report please see the following topic:
http://forum.stimulsoft.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=529

StiPreviewConfigService config = StiConfig.Services.GetService(typeof(StiPreviewConfigService)) as StiPreviewConfigService;
config.OpenEnabled = false

StiOptions.Preview.Window.ShowOpenButton = false

fphealthcare wrote:1. From some code we've seen on this forum we have been using

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StiPreviewConfigService config = StiConfig.Services.GetService(typeof(StiPreviewConfigService)) as StiPreviewConfigService;
config.OpenEnabled = false

to disable a button. We've noticed you can also use

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StiOptions.Preview.Window.ShowOpenButton = false

to disable a button. What is the difference and which one should we be using?

fphealthcare wrote:2. Have now have an 'Email' button which now has only 1 option - PDF. However that brings up a settings box for the PDF before creating the PDF and emailing. We'd like to do the same with the 'Email' as with the 'Save' which is to use the default PDF settings, and to supress the settings box. Is this possible? Better yet, is it possible for the 'Email' button to default to PDF and go straigh to the email rather than having a dropdown box with the email options - like how the 'Save' button is implemented?

        stiPreviewControl1.ClickSendEMailButton += new EventHandler(stiPreviewControl1_ClickSendEMailButton);

        private void stiPreviewControl1_ClickSendEMailButton(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            StiPdfExportSettings settings = new StiPdfExportSettings();
            stiPreviewControl1.Report.ExportDocument(StiExportFormat.Pdf, "D:\\MyFile.pdf", settings);
            try
            {
                MAPI.SendEMail(report.ReportAlias != null && report.ReportAlias.Trim().Length > 0 ?
						report.ReportAlias : report.ReportName, report.ReportDescription, "D:\\MyFile.pdf");
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
            }
        }

Edward wrote: Please use the following code:

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        stiPreviewControl1.ClickSendEMailButton += new EventHandler(stiPreviewControl1_ClickSendEMailButton);

        private void stiPreviewControl1_ClickSendEMailButton(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           ....
           ....
        }

This code disables sub menu of the SendEmail button, in the settings variable you may specify all necessary parameters for the export. The standard export menu will be also suppressed.

Thank you.

StiPreviewControl.ClickSendEMailButton += new EventHandler(stiPreviewControl1_ClickSendEMailButton);

StiPreviewControl.SavingDocument += new EventHandler(StiPreviewControl_SavingDocument);

fphealthcare wrote:We not using an StiPreviewControl, so we don't have an stiPreviewControl1 object. We are using the report object and using Report.Show(true) to bring up the veiwer. We have tried using this code

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StiPreviewControl.ClickSendEMailButton += new EventHandler(stiPreviewControl1_ClickSendEMailButton);

We get an error.

            using (StiPreviewForm form = new StiPreviewForm(report))
            {
                form.PreviewControl.ClickSendEMailButton += new EventHandler(PreviewControl_ClickSendEMailButton);
                report.Render();
                form.ShowDialog();
                form.PreviewControl.ClickSendEMailButton -= new EventHandler(PreviewControl_ClickSendEMailButton);
            }

Edward wrote:

fphealthcare wrote:We have removed most of the buttons we need but are unable to remove the following:
Bookmarks - we would like to remove the bookmark button but keep the thumbnail button

Please use the following code:

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StiOptions.Preview.Window.ShowBookmarksPanel = false;
report.PreviewSettings = (report.PreviewSettings & (int)(~StiPreviewSettings.Bookmarks));

Thank you.