XPS Name when Sent to Printer

Question

Hi,

I am creating a XPS document which i am later sending to a print (which produces a file.  e.g. PDF Printer, Microsoft Document Imaging Printer)

However the default file name is always "System.Windows.Document".

I have tried setting various properties on the XPS document and XPS Package.  However non of them seem to affect this default name.

Is there anyway i can set this?

many thanks

Arran

Answer 1

Bump. 

But rather than simply bump i'll copy-paste my equivalent question from StackOverflow

 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1196110/way-to-default-the-name-of-the-generated-xps-file

 

If a user prints a report, and they happen to be using the Microsoft XPS printer, i would like the default the filename to something meaningful.

i would have thought that the XPS printer would take the name of the print job, and use that as the default filename - but it doesn't.

Is there some other, programatic, way to default the name of the generated XPS file when i print to that printer? i was thinking there might be something like:

• a registry key
• global shared memory
• API call like SetDefaultXPSFilename()
• extended attributes about a print job

Example

Automate Excel to create a spreadsheet:

Excel xl = new ExcelApplication();
Workbook wb = xl.Workbooks.Add();
GenerateReport(wb);
wb.PrintOut();

Now if the user's default printer is the Microsoft XPS Document Writer, then the user will get:

i would like a way for that File name to be defaulted to something useful, such as:

20110729 - Chip Bank Settlement Sheet.xps

The user will accept the default filename, and files will organized automatically, rather than the user typing:

asdfadf.xps