Jure Leskovec

Software Architect, CTO

Jure has been a member of the core development team at Docentric from the very beginning. He is an accomplished software designer, developer, and architect with more than 20 years of work experience in the IT industry. His specialties are Docentric Designer, Docentric Toolkit for .NET, .NET Technologies and Frameworks, Application Modelling, APIs Design, UI Experience Design.

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Printing reports with custom fonts in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Posted on April 12, 2018October 24, 2019 by Jure Leskovec

Tags: Custom fonts, D365FO, Full Edition, MS Word, Printing

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In this article we will explain how to use custom fonts in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations reports when printing them on physical printers. By “custom fonts” we mean fonts that are not installed in a D365FO environment. Printing using Document Routing Technically speaking, […]

Generating reports in PDF format with custom fonts in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Posted on April 10, 2018May 22, 2020 by Jure Leskovec

Tags: Custom fonts, D365FO, Full Edition, MS Word, PDF

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In this article we will explain how to use custom fonts in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations reports, when generating them in PDF format. By “custom fonts” we mean fonts that are not installed in a D365FO environment. In order to use custom fonts […]

Print Sales Invoice to printer from code

Posted on August 11, 2016August 15, 2018 by Jure Leskovec

Tags: AX 2012 R2, AX 2012 R3, Invoice, Print destinations, SSRS

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You can print an existing Sales invoice to a printer through the following code, no matter how the Print Management setup of Sales Invoice might look like:

public static void printSalesInvoiceToPrinter()
{
    SalesInvoiceController          salesInvoiceController;
    SalesInvoiceContract            salesInvoiceContract;
    CustInvoiceJour                 custInvoiceJour;
    SalesInvoiceJournalPrint        salesInvoiceJournalPrint;
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings     srsPrintDestSettings;
    DocPrintDestSettingsPrinter     printerPrintDestSettings;
    Args                            args = new Args();
    
    
    select firstOnly custInvoiceJour where custInvoiceJour.SalesId != '';
    args.record(custInvoiceJour);
    
    salesInvoiceController = new SalesInvoiceController();
    
    // Set the SalesInvoice.Report as SSRS Report Design.
    salesInvoiceController.parmReportName(
        PrintMgmtDocType::construct(PrintMgmtDocumentType::SalesOrderInvoice).getDefaultReportFormat());
 
    // Set the report data contract with parameters.
    salesInvoiceContract = salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmRdpContract();
    salesInvoiceContract.parmRecordId(custInvoiceJour.RecId);
    
    // Create print destination settings.
    srsPrintDestSettings = new SRSPrintDestinationSettings();
 
    // Set the selected print destination to Docentric Printer print destination.
    srsPrintDestSettings.printMediumType(SRSPrintMediumType::Printer_DC);
    printerPrintDestSettings = DocPrintDestSettingsPrinter::constructWithDefaultPrinter();
    srsPrintDestSettings.parmPrinterPrintDestSettings_DC(printerPrintDestSettings);
   
    // Set print destination settings.
    salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings(srsPrintDestSettings);
 
    // Initalize SalesInvoiceJournalPrint class instance because there is no other way
    // NOT to use the Print Management setup.
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint = SalesInvoiceJournalPrint::construct();
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrintFormletter(NoYes::Yes);
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUsePrintManagement(false);
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUseUserDefinedDestinations(true);
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrinterSettingsFormLetter(
        salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings().pack());
 
    args.caller(salesInvoiceJournalPrint);
    args.parmEnumType(enumNum(PrintCopyOriginal));
    args.parmEnum(PrintCopyOriginal::OriginalPrint);
    
    salesInvoiceController.parmArgs(args); 
    salesInvoiceController.parmShowDialog(false);
    salesInvoiceController.startOperation();
}

public static void printSalesInvoiceToPrinter()

{

SalesInvoiceController salesInvoiceController;

SalesInvoiceContract salesInvoiceContract;

CustInvoiceJour custInvoiceJour;

SalesInvoiceJournalPrint salesInvoiceJournalPrint;

SRSPrintDestinationSettings srsPrintDestSettings;

DocPrintDestSettingsPrinter printerPrintDestSettings;

Args args = new Args();

select firstOnly custInvoiceJour where custInvoiceJour.SalesId != '';

args.record(custInvoiceJour);

salesInvoiceController = new SalesInvoiceController();

// Set the SalesInvoice.Report as SSRS Report Design.

salesInvoiceController.parmReportName(

PrintMgmtDocType::construct(PrintMgmtDocumentType::SalesOrderInvoice).getDefaultReportFormat());

// Set the report data contract with parameters.

salesInvoiceContract = salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmRdpContract();

salesInvoiceContract.parmRecordId(custInvoiceJour.RecId);

// Create print destination settings.

srsPrintDestSettings = new SRSPrintDestinationSettings();

// Set the selected print destination to Docentric Printer print destination.

srsPrintDestSettings.printMediumType(SRSPrintMediumType::Printer_DC);

printerPrintDestSettings = DocPrintDestSettingsPrinter::constructWithDefaultPrinter();

srsPrintDestSettings.parmPrinterPrintDestSettings_DC(printerPrintDestSettings);

// Set print destination settings.

salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings(srsPrintDestSettings);

// Initalize SalesInvoiceJournalPrint class instance because there is no other way

// NOT to use the Print Management setup.

salesInvoiceJournalPrint = SalesInvoiceJournalPrint::construct();

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrintFormletter(NoYes::Yes);

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUsePrintManagement(false);

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUseUserDefinedDestinations(true);

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrinterSettingsFormLetter(

salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings().pack());

args.caller(salesInvoiceJournalPrint);

args.parmEnumType(enumNum(PrintCopyOriginal));

args.parmEnum(PrintCopyOriginal::OriginalPrint);

salesInvoiceController.parmArgs(args);

salesInvoiceController.parmShowDialog(false);

salesInvoiceController.startOperation();

}

Print Sales Invoice to PDF file from code

Posted on August 10, 2016September 22, 2022 by Jure Leskovec

Tags: AX 2012 R2, AX 2012 R3, Invoice, PDF, Print destinations, SSRS

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You can print an existing Sales invoice to a PDF file named as SalesInvoice_<InvoiceId>.pdf through the following code, regardless of how the Print Management setup of Sales Invoice might look like:

public static void printSalesInvoiceToPdfFile()
{
    SalesInvoiceController          salesInvoiceController;
    SalesInvoiceContract            salesInvoiceContract;
    CustInvoiceJour                 custInvoiceJour;
    SalesInvoiceJournalPrint        salesInvoiceJournalPrint;
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings     srsPrintDestSettings;
    DocPrintDestSettingsFile        filePrintDestSettings;
    Args                            args = new Args();
    
    
    select firstOnly custInvoiceJour where custInvoiceJour.SalesId != '';
    args.record(custInvoiceJour);
    
    salesInvoiceController = new SalesInvoiceController();
    
    // Set the SalesInvoice.Report as SSRS Report Design.
    salesInvoiceController.parmReportName(
        PrintMgmtDocType::construct(PrintMgmtDocumentType::SalesOrderInvoice).getDefaultReportFormat());
 
    // Set the report data contract with parameters.
    salesInvoiceContract = salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmRdpContract();
    salesInvoiceContract.parmRecordId(custInvoiceJour.RecId);
    salesInvoiceContract.parmCountryRegionISOCode(SysCountryRegionCode::countryInfo());
    
    // Create print destination settings.
    srsPrintDestSettings = new SRSPrintDestinationSettings();
 
    // Set the selected print destination to Docentric File print destination.
    srsPrintDestSettings.printMediumType(SRSPrintMediumType::File_DC);
    filePrintDestSettings = new DocPrintDestSettingsFile();
    srsPrintDestSettings.parmFilePrintDestSettings_DC(filePrintDestSettings);
    
    // Set the Docentric File print destination settings.
    // -- Name of the output file.
    filePrintDestSettings.parmOutputFilename(@'\\Shared\SalesInvoice_@FIELD_InvoiceId@.pdf');
    // -- Output file format.
    filePrintDestSettings.parmOutputFileFormat(DocOutputFileFormat::PDF);
    
    // Set print destination settings.
    salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings(srsPrintDestSettings);
    
    // Initalize SalesInvoiceJournalPrint class instance because there is no other way
    // NOT to use the Print Management setup.
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint = SalesInvoiceJournalPrint::construct();
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrintFormletter(NoYes::Yes);
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUsePrintManagement(false);
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUseUserDefinedDestinations(true);
    salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrinterSettingsFormLetter(
        salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings().pack());
 
    args.caller(salesInvoiceJournalPrint);
    args.parmEnumType(enumNum(PrintCopyOriginal));
    args.parmEnum(PrintCopyOriginal::OriginalPrint);
  
    salesInvoiceController.parmArgs(args);
    salesInvoiceController.parmShowDialog(false);
    salesInvoiceController.startOperation();
}

public static void printSalesInvoiceToPdfFile()

{

SalesInvoiceController salesInvoiceController;

SalesInvoiceContract salesInvoiceContract;

CustInvoiceJour custInvoiceJour;

SalesInvoiceJournalPrint salesInvoiceJournalPrint;

SRSPrintDestinationSettings srsPrintDestSettings;

DocPrintDestSettingsFile filePrintDestSettings;

Args args = new Args();

select firstOnly custInvoiceJour where custInvoiceJour.SalesId != '';

args.record(custInvoiceJour);

salesInvoiceController = new SalesInvoiceController();

// Set the SalesInvoice.Report as SSRS Report Design.

salesInvoiceController.parmReportName(

PrintMgmtDocType::construct(PrintMgmtDocumentType::SalesOrderInvoice).getDefaultReportFormat());

// Set the report data contract with parameters.

salesInvoiceContract = salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmRdpContract();

salesInvoiceContract.parmRecordId(custInvoiceJour.RecId);

salesInvoiceContract.parmCountryRegionISOCode(SysCountryRegionCode::countryInfo());

// Create print destination settings.

srsPrintDestSettings = new SRSPrintDestinationSettings();

// Set the selected print destination to Docentric File print destination.

srsPrintDestSettings.printMediumType(SRSPrintMediumType::File_DC);

filePrintDestSettings = new DocPrintDestSettingsFile();

srsPrintDestSettings.parmFilePrintDestSettings_DC(filePrintDestSettings);

// Set the Docentric File print destination settings.

// -- Name of the output file.

filePrintDestSettings.parmOutputFilename(@'\\Shared\SalesInvoice_@FIELD_InvoiceId@.pdf');

// -- Output file format.

filePrintDestSettings.parmOutputFileFormat(DocOutputFileFormat::PDF);

// Set print destination settings.

salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings(srsPrintDestSettings);

// Initalize SalesInvoiceJournalPrint class instance because there is no other way

// NOT to use the Print Management setup.

salesInvoiceJournalPrint = SalesInvoiceJournalPrint::construct();

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrintFormletter(NoYes::Yes);

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUsePrintManagement(false);

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmUseUserDefinedDestinations(true);

salesInvoiceJournalPrint.parmPrinterSettingsFormLetter(

salesInvoiceController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings().pack());

args.caller(salesInvoiceJournalPrint);

args.parmEnumType(enumNum(PrintCopyOriginal));

args.parmEnum(PrintCopyOriginal::OriginalPrint);

salesInvoiceController.parmArgs(args);

salesInvoiceController.parmShowDialog(false);

salesInvoiceController.startOperation();

}