Printing From Server ASP.NET

[ryanp]

Printing From Server ASP.NET

Anyone have a good solution for easily printing files of different
types programmically... for example word documents, photoshop psd
files, jpeg's, xls documents, etc...


Is it possible to do this easily?

 

[MWells]

It's not... sexy... but many application support instant printing via a /p
command line param or via OLE automation. I'd generally avoid this on a
server but if it's an internal app with very low yield, it could do the
trick.

 

[ryanp]

Thanks for the reply. I think I should go a little more in detail about
my problem. I have a .html file and I would like to print it without
using the print dialog box.(i.e. double click on filepath and print
straight to printer) Here is my code thus farin vb.net)

Dim p As New Process
Dim FilePath as string

p.StartInfo.FileName = FilePath
p.StartInfo.Verb = "print"
p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = True
p.Start()

This Almost does the trick. The problem is that it keeps prompting me
with the print dialog box. Is there a way around this? Maybe I don't
have a property on my machine set correctly? It is probably a simple
solution, any suggestions or insight will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.