Prinitng HTML Using Vb

[UZN]

Hi,

I'm running a VB script that prints the error file using DOS and it is p,lain tetxt file. I want it to be more informative. I want to print the error file in HTML format with or without pictures. Would be appreciative if you could place a smaple code here .

Thanks.

 

[ChrisHirst]

A sample of what exactly?

It's just exactly the same as writing a text file, only with a .htm(l) extension rather than .txt and markup tags around the text you want to format.


Chris.

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[UZN]

here is the code where i want to show a picture or details in html format:
writer = New StreamWriter(outFile)

writer.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------")
writer.WriteLine(" Failed Order")
writer.WriteLine("---------------------------------------------------------------------")
writer.WriteLine(" ")
writer.WriteLine(" ")
writer.WriteLine("A ROES error file was found for a recent order.")
writer.WriteLine(" ")
writer.WriteLine(" ")
writer.WriteLine("File Name : " & temp)
writer.WriteLine("Current Date : " & today & " - " & curTime)
writer.WriteLine(" ")
writer.WriteLine(" ")
writer.WriteLine("No other data is available for this order. ")
writer.WriteLine(" ")
writer.WriteLine(<a href="C:\Documents and Settings\unikhath\Desktop.sunset.jpeg"></a>)
writer.WriteLine("---------------------------------------------------------------------")
writer.Close()
Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000)


instead of plain text i want to show images of the order or more details in pdf format or in html format. i tried using the reference for the image but doesnt work. It simply shows the path of the image in the output.
Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[jges]

Try changing this

writer.WriteLine(<a href="C:\Documents and Settings\unikhath\Desktop.sunset.jpeg"></a>)

to

writer.WriteLine("<a href= & chr(34) & C:\Documents and Settings\unikhath\Desktop.sunset.jpeg & chr(34) & ></a>")

 

[UZN]

Sorry jges, that doesnt work either. the path is printing in the output not the image.

 

[strongm]

> i want to show a picture or details in html format

>that doesnt work either. the path is printing in the output not the image

I think you might need to do a little bit of research on what HTML actually is.

1) Without going into the details right here (there's plenty of info and introductory guides on the 'net), HTML is merely a description of how you might want to display something. The actual display is carried out by an application that understands how to interpret and render that description - such as a web browser.

2) jges has shown how to insert an HTML link into your text file - but it is pretty useless as there is no associated text, so no link will appear even if you do display it in a web browser. The HTML tag you actually want is [tt]img[/tt]

3) HTML interpreters are fairly forgiving, so we don't have to re-express the entire outpur in HTML (although we probably should)

So, change your

writer.WriteLine(<a href="C:\Documents and Settings\unikhath\Desktop.sunset.jpeg"></a>)

to

writer.WriteLine(<img src="C:\Documents and Settings\unikhath\Desktop.sunset.jpeg" alt="Text incase" />)


and then load the outoput into a webbrowser ...


BTW - StreamWriter and Threading look rather like VB.NET to me, not VBScript ...