1688710 - When printing a Crystal report with parameters using 'PrintToPrinter' method, report does not prompt for parameter values.

1. In a custom Crystal Reports .NET application to print a report using 'PrintToPrinter' method, report does not prompt for parameters.
2. A Crystal reports .NET application to print a report with parameters using 'PrintToPrinter' method fails with below error message.

Error : "Missing parameter values"

• Visual Studio 2003 / Visual Studio 2005 / Visual Studio 2008 / Visual Studio 2010
• Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 / Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2008 / Crystal Reports 2008 / Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010

• The parameter prompts are provided by 'Crystal Reports Viewer'.
• Report prompts for parameters values only when the 'Crystal Reports Viewer' is used.
• When the 'PrintToPrinter' method (SDK API) is used to print the report (and not 'Crystal Reports Viewer'), report will not prompt for parameters.

• This is a default or by design behavior of Crystal Reports .NET SDK.
• When printing the report with SDK API methods (PrintToPrinter, PrintOutputController) the parameter values should be passed through code.

Crystal Reports.NET SDK sample applications.