Printing dynamic text on a preset sheet

[DarkAngelBGE]

Hi all,

what I want to this print sheets of papers for dynamic names. It's for an election program...basically I add names to a list and then want to print vote sheets for each of the candidates. How can this be done in AutoIt? What I will need to do is print a name say 3cm from the top left corner of the sheet (as the name goes there in the template).

Thanks for any help in advance!

[DarkAngelBGE]

I was thinking of using IE and CSS to do what I need.

#include <IE.au3>

$file = @scriptdir & "\output.htm"
FileWriteLine($file,"<b>Bold text</b>")

$oIE = _IECreate ($file,0,0)
_IEAction ($oIE, "print")
_IEQuit ($oIE)

However, when I try this code no printer dialog box opens for me.

[Shevilie]

Have a search in the helpfile or on the forum for a start !!

_FilePrint ( $s_File [, $i_Show] )

#include <File.au3>

$file = FileOpenDialog("Print File", "", "Text Documents (*.txt)", 1)
If @error Then Exit

$print = _FilePrint($file)
If $print Then
    MsgBox(0, "Print", "The file was printed.")
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Print", "Error: " & @error & @CRLF & "The file was not printed.")

[longtex]

I saw a reference to a "Word Automation Library", which I assume refers to M$ Word - I haven't looked at it too hard, but it might have some pertinence here.

Now, the question is, does it have any pertinence to Open Office?

[DarkAngelBGE]

@Shevilie: Hrm, I guess you did not understand what I was saying. I need formatting...like dynamic text from 3cms of the left top corner of the paper. Simply printing a file is not what I need.

@longtex: Got any link for me please?

[DarkAngelBGE]

Nvmind, got it to work, thanks.

[longtex]

@Shevilie: Hrm, I guess you did not understand what I was saying. I need formatting...like dynamic text from 3cms of the left top corner of the paper. Simply printing a file is not what I need.

@longtex: Got any link for me please?

Er, uh, I haven't tried setting these cute little internal links, so I'll just tell you where I found it -

Go to Example Scripts and search "word automation library" and it'll be right there for you...

[Shevilie]

Or look in my signature You would find a long list there of stuff you can use

[gseller]

Nvmind, got it to work, thanks.

DarkAngelBGE You say you got it to work, can you share, might help someone else in the future..