How to print css applied background images with the winforms webbrowser control
- by Geir-Tore Lindsve
I am using the webbrowser control in winforms and discovered now that background images which I apply with css are not included in the printouts.
Is there a way to make the webbrowser print the background of the displayed document too?
Edit:
Since I wanted to do this programatically, I opted for this solution:
using Microsoft.Win32;
...
RegistryKey regKey = Registry.CurrentUser
.OpenSubKey("Software")
.OpenSubKey("Microsoft")
.OpenSubKey("Internet Explorer")
.OpenSubKey("Main");
//Get the current setting so that we can revert it after printjob
var defaultValue = regKey.GetValue("Print_Background");
regKey.SetValue("Print_Background", "yes");
//Do the printing
//Revert the registry key to the original value
regKey.SetValue("Print_Background", defaultValue);
Another way to handle this might be to just read the value, and notify the user to adjust this himself before printing. I have to agree that tweaking with the registry like this is not a good practice, so I am open for any suggestions.
Thanks for all your feedback
