| # Web UI Print Settings (ttaad3108m000) Use this session to specify settings that will be used when Infor Workspace or Web UI users print a report. External reporting Various fields in this session are related to external reporting. For details about external reporting, see these guides. Infor Enterprise Server Connector for Infor Reporting Administration Guide (U9750 US) Infor Enterprise Server Connector for Infor Reporting Development Guide (U9751 US) Infor Enterprise Server Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Administration Guide (U9656 US) Infor Enterprise Server Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Development Guide (U9657 US) Display Device type The output format for data that is printed to a device of type Display. Allowed values
HTML output | Reports are displayed in HTML format.
PDF output | Reports are displayed in PDF format. The PDF report is displayed in a tab in the Web UI browser window. If the end user has the PDF plugin's preference set to NOT display the PDF in the browser, the report is displayed in the Acrobat Reader. However, the Web UI browser window has an empty tab. To avoid this, select PDF output in new window.
PDF output in new window | The PDF report is displayed in a new browser.
Printer Selection Embedded in Dialogs This setting only applies to Infor Workspace. If this check box is selected, a printer selection tab or field group is added to all sessions with window type Dialog and session type Print or Update + Print. This table shows the fields in the printer selection tab or field group:
Field | Description
Name | This is a listbox with all local printers that are defined on the client. The list also contains these additional printers: Advanced Device If users select this device, the ‘classic’ Select Device (ttstpsplopen ) dialog is displayed and all special devices can be used. Preview Device Does the same as the Preview button. Users can use this option to save/get defaults.
Status | These fields are optional: in this session you can specify whether these fields are displayed in the printer selection tab or field group.
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The printer selection tab is always the first tab of the form. The other fields, groups, or tabs start on the second tab. When a session starts, the second tab is displayed. Users can overrule the Printer Selection Embedded in Dialogs setting, through the INFOR_EPG environment variable. If this variable is set to OFF, the printer selection is not added to the sessions. External Reporting Type If external reporting is used, specify whether the report server is a Microsoft SSRS or an Infor Reporting server. If you specify an external reporting type, the external report design will be used if such a design is present on the report server that is linked to the Default Device. Default Device Specify the default device for external reporting. You can only specify a default device if you selected a reporting type in the External Reporting Type field. The "–server" parameter in the Argument field of the device definition must refer to a report server of the selected reporting type. Preview Device Specify the device to be used for preview of native ERP Enterprise reports. Select a device of type Screen or Windows Printer. Local Printer Device Specify the default local printer device. Display Printer Type If this check box is selected, the printer type is displayed in the embedded printer selection tab or group. See Printer Selection Embedded in Dialogs. Display Printer Status If this check box is selected, the printer status is displayed in the embedded printer selection tab or group. See Printer Selection Embedded in Dialogs. Display Printer Location If this check box is selected, the printer location is displayed in the embedded printer selection tab or group. See Printer Selection Embedded in Dialogs. Display Printer Comment If this check box is selected, the printer comment is displayed in the embedded printer selection tab or group. See Printer Selection Embedded in Dialogs. Default Printer Select the default printer. Allowed values
Preview | A report will be displayed in the browser. For External reports, the External Report Viewer is activated. For non-external reports, the report is sent to the Display device, either HTML or PDF, depending on the system setting.
Default Printer of Client | By default, reports are printed on the client's default printer.