printing html doc from windows service

[davejam]

hi all,

I had a process running that printed htm documents, it popped the doc in an ie window, prints then moves on.

I then re-created this as a windows service so it would run regardless.... now the prints don't work...

Is there a way to get this working, or another way to print via windows service?

Cheers

daveJam

it works on my machine, so technically i win!

 

[jebenson]

When you installed the service, did you check the box to allow it to interact with the desktop?

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[davejam]

Oops, found a work around, well a temp one anyway.

Took the printing out of the service as i installed it as code so didn't set that variable, have since changed the setting but couldn't play ball as i need the service running when the server isn't logged in, not sure if this was what was crippling me, or if its the way i'm printing the html file!

My work around... we already have a machine that runs scripts for some of the legacy work that i haven't got round to bringing into the new processes, so set a repeating program on there to print the docs off!!

Cheers for the tip, but as i say, didn't want to work for me!!

thank you

daveJam

it works on my machine, so technically i win!