rbirnesser
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printing form
OK, here is the situation. I Have a form with some text boxes and labels at the top that i want to print on each page. I also have a footer label (just one) that needs to be printed on every page. And in the middle of the form i have a ax web browser control that is generating a quote in html. I need mulitple page capability, and the ability to page break whats in the axwebbrowser control. Also i need to turn the 3d border and the scroll bar off in the ax web browser object. I heard they removed printform support in .net that was in vb 6 if i remember correcly. I tried the screen shoot solution for .net but thats not the solution i was looking for it doesn't look right on paper. Im running out of time and solutions any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
MacNuttin
Can you use the included crystal report writter?
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I already thought about crystal reports and i saw that msdn link already. I have the report generated in html already in a ax web browser control i think i want to export i opened the html file in work and it looks fine i just need a header to display on each page and determine page breaks which meaning the report is in html and generated in html the only thing i can think of is counting the lines and breaking it accordingily. I already look at 3rd party controls too and printform .net seems to be the choice but i really don't want to spend 300$ on something that should have never been removed from .net in the firstplace
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i was thinking about takin the html and exporting it to work the only problem would be the header information at the top of each page but ultimately i would like to export it to work tack on the headers/footers in word then convert it to pdf automatically by code ?
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anyone know of any solutions for printing a form besides the screen shot one b/c it takes a screen of it as a bitmap and its all fuzzy when u print it on paper
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ok i got the printform .net component from winforms. It prints the web browser control blurry which is no good. I tried converting the html file to a rtf file using word and loading it into a richtextbox and i get black lines where the tables where but the formatting is good. I want a multipage document capability. Im running out of solutions here and im under a tight deadline plz someone help me (ronald biemans to the rescue ?)
I know what you mean screen capture doesn't cut it, but it does provide the mechanics to do a basic print. My app needs a report configured to print the data from my form. I got a little guidance from a microsoft download that included a printing project I think you'll find a lot in this download as helpful:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=08E3D5F8-033D-420B-A3B1-3074505C03F3&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=08E3D5F8-033D-420B-A3B1-3074505C03F3&displaylang=en
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I got the printform .net to work and i think it looks better then what they have right now. Im gonna change this ? b/c i kinda figured it out on my own. I have a quote that is generated in html and displayed in a com interent explorer control. I want to make it export it to word in the back ground and add headers and footers to it. Then silently convert it to a pdf to display it in acrobat distiller or reader ready for printing. The header needs address and phone numbers left aligned, in the center i need to say this quote is valid for 30 days and the quote number. right aligned i need the page #, quote date, quote by, and customer id. The address is a function in vb and so are the phone numbers that format the strings properly. The rest of the values are database stored values that i can pull by code. The footer is a string that is just centered. Samples would be a plus on this one b/c i am a newbie when it comes to word automation!