printing a HTML file .... on server side... but not its contents

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Hi All,
Looks like a simple thing for me initially. After diving in to this from few days am feeling the heat.

I have a xml+xsl=html string which needs to printed on server side. Am saving HTML string in to a file.
Now am facing a lot of problems with printing.

if am printing with process. am unable to stop print dialog. Code as follows

C#

Process printJob = new Process();
      printJob.StartInfo.FileName = localReportPath + filename + ".html";
      printJob.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
      printJob.StartInfo.Verb = "printto";
      printJob.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
      printJob.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
      printJob.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format("{0} {1}", "Microsoft XPS Document Writer", "xx");
      //printJob.StartInfo.Arguments = "\"" + printerAddress + "\"" + " " + "Microsoft XPS Document Writer";
      printJob.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(localReportPath + filename + ".html");
      printJob.Start();

But if am printing using PrintDocument object. The raw content of the file getting printed. some where i lost the connection. here is the code.

C#

StreamReader streamToPrint;
public void printdoc(string doc1)
{
    using (PrintDocument doc = new PrintDocument())
    {
        streamToPrint = new StreamReader(doc1);
        ///doc.PrintPage += this.html_PrintPage;
        doc.DocumentName = "Hello";
        doc.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape = false;
        doc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(doc_PrintPage);
        doc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "Microsoft XPS Document Writer";
        doc.PrintController = new StandardPrintController();
        doc.PrinterSettings.PrintFileName = doc1;
        doc.Print();
    }
    //PrintDocument doc = new PrintDocument();
    //doc.PrintController = new StandardPrintController();
    //doc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(doc_PrintPage);

    //doc.Print();
}

public void doc_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs ev)
{
    Font printFont = new Font(FontFamily.GenericSerif, 12);
    float linesPerPage = 0;
    float yPos = 0;
    int count = 0;
    float leftMargin = ev.MarginBounds.Left;
    float topMargin = ev.MarginBounds.Top;
    string line = null;

    // Calculate the number of lines per page.
    linesPerPage = ev.MarginBounds.Height /
       printFont.GetHeight(ev.Graphics);

    // Print each line of the file.
    while (count < linesPerPage &&
       ((line = streamToPrint.ReadLine()) != null))
    {
        yPos = topMargin + (count *
           printFont.GetHeight(ev.Graphics));
        ev.Graphics.DrawString(line, printFont, Brushes.Black,
           leftMargin, yPos, new StringFormat());
        count++;
    }

    // If more lines exist, print another page.
    if (line != null)
        ev.HasMorePages = true;
    else
        ev.HasMorePages = false;
}

also can any one provide me a DOS CMD script for printing a html page or a html file on hard disk

Regards,
Pavan N

Posted 13-Apr-12 1:51am

Pavan_N

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El_Codero · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-13T03:10:00

Hi,

if you want to follow your first way with "printto" Verb in process the only way to cancel printing is to Kill() your process.

For second way do you had a view into your saved file and it's right encoded?
It seems you're using the doc_PrintPage method from msdn example, I would put

C#

Font printFont = new Font(FontFamily.GenericSerif, 12);

back before creating a new PrintDocument and declare the font

C#

printFont = new Font("Arial", 10);

Does this Code work?

C#

private void printButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
       try
       {
           streamToPrint = new StreamReader
              ("C:\\My Documents\\MyFile.txt");
           try
           {
               printFont = new Font("Arial", 10);
               PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument();
               pd.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler
                  (this.pd_PrintPage);
               pd.Print();
           }
           finally
           {
               streamToPrint.Close();
           }
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
           MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
       }
   }

Well, exactly a similar CP Article.

Print HTML in C# with or without the web browser control and the print dialog[^]

With Best Regards