CoreWebView2.PrintToPdfStreamAsync(CoreWebView2PrintSettings) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core

Assembly:

Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Web.WebView2 v1.0.2903.40

Provides the Pdf data of current web page asynchronously for the provided settings.

public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<System.IO.Stream> PrintToPdfStreamAsync (Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.CoreWebView2PrintSettings printSettings);

member this.PrintToPdfStreamAsync : Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.CoreWebView2PrintSettings -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<System.IO.Stream>

Public Function PrintToPdfStreamAsync (printSettings As CoreWebView2PrintSettings) As Task(Of Stream)

Parameters

printSettings

CoreWebView2PrintSettings

Returns

Task<Stream>

Examples

// This example prints the Pdf data of the current web page to a stream.
async void PrintToPdfStream()
{
    try
    {
        string title = _iWebView2.CoreWebView2.DocumentTitle;

        // Passing null for `PrintSettings` results in default print settings used.
        System.IO.Stream stream = await _iWebView2.CoreWebView2.PrintToPdfStreamAsync(null);
        DisplayPdfDataInPrintDialog(stream);
        MessageBox.Show(this, "Printing" + title + " document to PDF Stream " + ((stream != null) ? "succeeded" : "failed"), "Print To PDF Stream");
    }
    catch (Exception exception)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(this, "Printing to PDF Stream failed: " + exception.Message,
           "Print to PDF Stream");
    }
}

// Function to display current page pdf data in a custom print preview dialog.
void DisplayPdfDataInPrintDialog(Stream pdfData)
{
    // You can display the printable pdf data in a custom print preview dialog to the end user.
}

Remarks

Stream will be rewound to the start of the pdf data.

See CoreWebView2PrintSettings for description of settings. Passing null for printSettings results in default print settings used.

The async PrintToPdfStream operation completes when it finishes writing to the stream. Only one Printing operation can be in progress at a time. If PrintToPdfStreamAsync(CoreWebView2PrintSettings) is called while a PrintToPdfStreamAsync(CoreWebView2PrintSettings) or PrintToPdfAsync(String, CoreWebView2PrintSettings) or PrintAsync(CoreWebView2PrintSettings) job is in progress, the Task<TResult> throws an exception. This is only for printing operation on one webview.