09-24-2013, 08:55 PM
Ok, so I have data and I want to format and send to a printer.
using "run" with the "print" verb works on TXT and RTF files automatically.
TXT files are too basic for the formatting I want.
RTF is a pain to format the way I want...I have done it in the past, but would like to avoid the rig-a-ma-role of escaping and formatting things.
HTML does not automatically print, it pops up the print dialog. I guess I could trigger the dialog, but that seems ugly to me.
I think there may be a way to do it with winword, but I'm not so interested in burning a license of office on the machine that will be processing...or shifting documents to another machine that does have office.
So...I think I am most interested in perhaps converting HTML to RTF, or using Internet Explorer to print.
How to? Suggestions?
using "run" with the "print" verb works on TXT and RTF files automatically.
TXT files are too basic for the formatting I want.
RTF is a pain to format the way I want...I have done it in the past, but would like to avoid the rig-a-ma-role of escaping and formatting things.
HTML does not automatically print, it pops up the print dialog. I guess I could trigger the dialog, but that seems ugly to me.
I think there may be a way to do it with winword, but I'm not so interested in burning a license of office on the machine that will be processing...or shifting documents to another machine that does have office.
So...I think I am most interested in perhaps converting HTML to RTF, or using Internet Explorer to print.
How to? Suggestions?